ثقل

See also: بقل‎, تقل‎, and نقل‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ث ق ل‎ (ṯ-q-l), from Proto-Semitic *ṯql (“to weigh; burden, weight”). Cognate with Hebrew שקל‎ and Aramaic תקל‎.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θa.qu.la/

Verb

ثَقُلَ • (ṯaqula) I, non-past يَثْقُلُ‎‎ (yaṯqulu)

  1. to be heavy
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 101:6-11:
      ‏فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ ۝ فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ ۝ وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ ۝ فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ ۝ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ ۝ نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ‎
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  2. to load, burden, make heavy (بِ‎ (bi) something)
  3. to be burdensome, oppressive (عَلَى‎ (ʕalā) to someone)
  4. to be sluggish, dull-witted
  5. to be too sluggish, too dull (عَن‎ (ʕan) for something)
Conjugation

Verb

ثَقَلَ • (ṯaqala) I, non-past يَثْقُلُ‎‎ (yaṯqulu)

  1. (transitive) to weigh; to determine the weight of an object
  2. (transitive) to be heavier than, to outweigh
Conjugation
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “ثقل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Causative of ثَقُلَ‎ (ṯaqula, “to be heavy”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θaq.qa.la/

Verb

ثَقَّلَ • (ṯaqqala) II, non-past يُثَقِّلُ‎‎ (yuṯaqqilu)

  1. to make (something) heavy
  2. (transitive) to burden (something عَلَى‎ (ʕalā) onto someone = burden someone with something)
  3. to trouble (عَلَى‎ (ʕalā) someone بِ‎ (bi) with something)
Conjugation
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “ثقل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 3

From the root ث ق ل‎ (ṯ-q-l). Compare Hebrew שֶׁקֶל‎ (šéqel), Aramaic תִּקְלָא‎ (tiqlā), Ugaritic 𐎘𐎖𐎍 (ṯql).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θiq.lun/

Noun

ثِقْل • (ṯiql) m (plural أَثْقَال‎ (ʔaṯqāl))

  1. weight
  2. burden, load
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 99:2:
      ‏وَأَخۡرَجَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا‎‎
      And the earth discharges its burdens
  3. gravity
Declension
Synonyms
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “ثقل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

ثِقَل • (ṯiqal) m

  1. verbal noun of ثَقُلَ (ṯaqula) (form I)
  2. heaviness
Declension

Etymology 4

Inflected form.

Adjective

ثُقْل • (ṯuql) m pl

  1. masculine plural of ثَقِيل‎ (ṯaqīl)
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