أسقى

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

• IPA^(key): /ʔas.qaː/

أَسْقَى • (ʔasqā) IV (non-past يُسْقِي (yusqī), verbal noun إِسْقَاء (ʔisqāʔ))

1. (ditransitive) to give drink

   Synonyms: سَقَى (saqā), شَرَّبَ (šarraba), أَشْرَبَ (ʔašraba)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 15:22:

     وَأَرۡسَلۡنَا ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ لَوَ ٰ⁠قِحَ فَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ مَاۤءࣰ فَأَسۡقَيۡنَـٰكُمُوهُ وَمَاۤ أَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ بِخَـٰزِنِينَ

     wa-ʾarsalnā r-riyāḥa lawāqiḥa fa-ʾanzalnā mina s-samāʾi māʾan fa-ʾasqaynākumūhu wa-mā ʾantum lahū bi-ḵāzinīna

     And We have sent the fertilizing winds and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers.

أُسْقَى • (ʔusqā) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of سَقَى (saqā)
2. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of سَقَى (saqā)