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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