سقى

From the root س ق ي‎ (s-q-y). Cognate with Hebrew הִשְׁקָה‎ (hishká).

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سَقَى • (saqā) I, non-past يَسْقِي‎‎ (yasqī)

1. (ditransitive) to give (someone) (a drink)

   Synonyms: أَسْقَى‎ (ʔasqā), أَشْرَبَ‎ (ʔašraba), شَرَّبَ‎ (šarraba)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 76:21:

     ‏وَسَقَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ شَرَابًا طَهُورًا‎

     wa-saqāhum rabbuhum šarāban ṭahūran

     and their Lord will give them a purifying drink.

2. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (transitive) to give water to, to quench the thirst of, to hydrate

   Synonym: مَاهَ‎ (māha)

3. (transitive, of animals and plants) to water
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 13:4:

     ‏وَفِي ٱلْأَرْضِ قِطَعٌ مُتَجَاوِرَاتٌ وَجَنَّاتٌ مِنْ أَعْنَابٍ وَزَرْعٌ وَنَخِيلٌ صِنْوَانٌ وَغَيْرُ صِنْوَانٍ يُسْقَى بِمَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ وَنُفَضِّلُ بَعْضَهَا عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فِي ٱلْأُكُلِ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ‎

     wa-fi l-ʔarḍi qiṭaʕun mutajāwirātun wa-jannātun min ʔaʕnābin wa-zarʕun wa-naḵīlun ṣinwānun wa-ḡayru ṣinwānin yusqā bi-māʔin wāḥidin wa-nufaḍḍilu baʕḍahā ʕalā baʕḍin fi l-ʔukuli ʔinna fī ḏālika la-ʔāyātin li-qawmin yaʕqilūna

     And within the land are neighboring plots and gardens of grapevines and crops and palm trees, [growing] several from a root or otherwise, watered with one water; and We favor and privilege some of them over the others in eating. Indeed, in that are signs for thinking men.

From Arabic سَقَى‎ (saqā).

• IPA^(key): /saɡa/

سقى • (saga) (form I, non-past يسقي‎ (yisgi))

1. (transitive) to water

From Arabic سَقَى‎ (saqā).

• IPA^(key): /sqa/

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سقى • (sqa) (form I, non-past يسقي‎ (yisqi))

1. (transitive) to water

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