نُطْفَة drop in Arabic
نُطْفَة is how you say “drop” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
وينسى أنه خلق من نطفة ثم من علقة، ثم صار مضغة، ثم صار عظامًا، ثم كسي لحما
and forgets that he was created from a drop, then a clot, then a lump of flesh, then bones, then clothed with flesh.
نُطْفَةٍ a drop
The noun governed by 'from', sitting in that preposition's required form, and its bare ending marks it indefinite: 'a drop'. It names the first stage of the listed development.
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أي فلينظر نظر الفكر والاستدلال ليعلم أن الذي ابتدأ أول خلقه من نطفة قادر على إعادته
Meaning, let him look with thought and reasoning to know that He who began his creation from a sperm-drop is able to resurrect him.
نُطْفَةٍ a sperm-drop
An indefinite noun governed by 'from', the starting material; the lack of 'the' keeps it 'a drop' rather than a known one, and the ending marks it as ruled by the preposition. Bareness gives the 'a'.