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سقى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

10 استسقى ذ He sought, or demanded, drink (سِقْيًا, K, TA, [in the CK سَقْيًا,] i. e. مَا يُشْرَبُ, TA); منْهُ [ from him ]; as also ↓ استقى. (K, TA. [In the CK is immediately added after this explanation, وسَقِيًّا: but this is a mistranscription for وَتَقَيَّأَ; expressing another signification of these two verbs, which will be expl. below.]) And He asked, begged, or prayed, for rain; (Msb, * TA;) i. q. اِسْتَمْطَرَ (S in art. مطر, and Msb. *) [Hence, صَلَاةُ الاِسْتِسْقَاآءِ The prayer of the petitioning for rain. And استسقى لَهَا He said سَقَاهَاا@للّٰهُ May God send down rain upon it, namely, a land: see Har p. 300.] ― -b2- And He constrained himself to vomit; or vomited intentionally; syn. تَقَيَّأَ; [see a statement above, in this paragraph, respecting a mistranscription in the CK;] as also ↓ استقى; (K, TA;) mentioned by ISd. (TA.) ― -b3- See also 1, in the last quarter of the paragraph.

Derived headwords

استسقىverb
  1. 1.
مَا يُشْرَبُ
صَلَاةُ الاِسْتِسْقَاآءِ
استسقى لَهَا