ثقل

From the root ث ق ل‎ (ṯ-q-l), from Proto-Semitic *ṯql (“to weigh; burden, weight”). Cognate with Hebrew שקל‎ and Aramaic תקל‎.

• IPA^(key): /θa.qu.la/

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

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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)

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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

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• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ثقل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Causative of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): /θaq.qa.la/

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)

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• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ثقل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From the root ث ق ل‎ (ṯ-q-l). Compare Hebrew שֶׁקֶל‎ (šéqel), Aramaic תִּקְלָא‎ (tiqlā), Ugaritic 𐎘𐎖𐎍 (ṯql).

• IPA^(key): /θiq.lun/

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

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• حِمْل‎ (ḥiml)

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ثقل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

ثِقَل • (ṯiqal) m

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2. heaviness

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Inflected form.

ثُقْل • (ṯuql) m pl

1. masculine plural of ثَقِيل‎ (ṯaqīl)

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• IPA^(key): /ti.ɡil/, /θi.ɡil/

ثِقِل • (tigil) I (non-past يِثْقَل‎ (yitgal))

1. to be heavy
2. to load, burden, make heavy (بِ‎ something)

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• IPA^(key): /taɡ.ɡal/, /θaɡ.ɡal/

ثَقَّل • (taggal) II (non-past يِثَقِّل‎ (yitaggil))

1. to make (something) heavy
2. (transitive) to burden (something عَلَى‎ onto someone = burden someone with something)

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• IPA^(key): /tu.ɡul/, /θu.ɡul/

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1. heaviness