يقظة

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of يَقُظَ‎ (yaquẓa, “to be awake”) (cf. اِسْتَيْقَظَ‎ (istayqaẓa, “to wake up (oneself)”) and أَيْقَظَ‎ (ʾayqaẓa, “to wake up (someone else)”), from the root ي ق ظ‎ (y-q-ẓ), related to awakeness.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ja.qa.ðˤa/

Noun

يَقَظَة • (yaqaẓa) f (plural يَقَظَات‎ (yaqaẓāt))

  1. the state of being awake, not being asleep; awakeness
  2. alertness, wokeness, attentiveness
    ‏الشَّعْبُ كَانَ يَقِظًا فِي مَطَالِبِهِ وَأَهْدَافِهِ.‎‎ ― aš-šaʿbu kāna yaqiẓan fī maṭālibihi waʾahdāfihi. ― The people were woke in their demands and goals
    Synonym: نَبَاهَة‎ (nabāha)

Declension

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