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
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  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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