يقظ

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See also: يقط

Arabic

Root
ي ق ظ (y q ẓ)
7 terms

Verb

يَقِظَ (yaqiẓa) I (non-past يَيْقَظُ (yayqaẓu), verbal noun يَقَظ (yaqaẓ))
يَقُظَ (yaquẓa) I (non-past يَيْقُظُ (yayquẓu), verbal noun يَقَاظَة (yaqāẓa))

  1. to be awake
  2. to awaken
  3. to be wary, be alert, be vigilant

Conjugation

Noun

يَقَظ (yaqaẓm

  1. verbal noun of يَقِظَ (yaqiẓa) (form I)

Declension

Adjective

يَقِظ (yaqiẓ) (feminine يَقِظَة (yaqiẓa), masculine plural يَقِظُونَ (yaqiẓūna) or أَيْقَاظ (ʔayqāẓ), feminine plural يَقِظَات (yaqiẓāt))

  1. awake
    Antonyms: نَائِم (nāʔim), رَاقِد (rāqid)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:18:
      وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ أَيْقَاظًا وَهُمْ رُقُودٌ
      wataḥsabuhum ʔayqāẓan wahum ruqūdun
      And you think they are awake while they are sleeping

Declension

Verb

يَقَّظَ (yaqqaẓa) II (non-past يُيَقِّظُ (yuyaqqiẓu), verbal noun تَيْقِيظ (tayqīẓ))

  1. to wake up
  2. to put into vigil or watch

Conjugation

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “يقظ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 521–522
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “يقظ”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 1240
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “يقظ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1298