ثقل

1 ثَقُلَ ثقل , aor. ثَقُلَ , inf. n. ثِقَلٌ (S, Msb, K, &c.) and ثِقْلٌ, a contraction of the former, (Msb,) and ثَقَالَةٌ, (K, TA, in the CK ثِقالَة, but) like كَرَامَةٌ, (TA,) It (a thing, S, Msb) was, or became, heavy, weighty, or ponderous. (S, K.) [See ثِقَلٌ, below.] ― -b2- See also 4. ― -b3- [(assumed tropical:) It was, or became, heavy, weighty, or preponderant, ideally. ] فَأَمَّا مَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ, in the Kur ci. 5, means (assumed tropical:) And as to him whose good deeds shall be preponderant. (Bd, Jel.) [See also Kur vii. 7 and xxiii. 104.] ― -b4- [(assumed tropical:) It was, or became, heavy, or weighty, as meaning onerous, burdensome, oppressive, afflictive, grievous, or troublesome. ] You say, ثَقُلَ القَوْلُ (tropical:) The saying was [ heavy, or weighty, &c.; or] unpleasant to be heard. (TA.) And it is said in the Kur vii. 186, ثَقُلَتْ فِى السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ (assumed tropical:) It (the time of the resurrection) will be momentous, or formidable, [ in the heavens and on the earth, or] to the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth, (Bd, Jel,) to the angels and men and genii; app. alluding to the wisdom shown in concealing it: (Bd:) or it means the knowledge thereof [ is difficult ]: (Ibn-'Arafeh, TA:) or it is occult, or hidden. (Kt, TA.) [ثَقُلَ is also said of a word, and of a sound, meaning (assumed tropical:) It was heavy, or not easy, of utterance; or heavy to the ear: see 2. And of an affair, or action, meaning (assumed tropical:) It was afflictive, grievous, troublesome, or difficult. In these and similar senses, it is trans. by means of عَلَى: you say, ثَقُلَ عَلَيْهِ (assumed tropical:) It was, or became, heavy, weighty, onerous, &c., to him. In like manner also it is said of food, meaning (assumed tropical:) It was, or became, heavy to the stomach; difficult of digestion. ] You say also, ثَقُلَ سَمْعُهُ (tropical:) [ His hearing was, or became, heavy; or] his hearing partially went. (K, TA.) ― -b5- (tropical:) He (a man) was, or became, heavy in sickness, or disease: [and in like manner, in his sleep:] the verb is thus, with damm to the ق; though said in the K to be ثَقِلَ, like فَرِحَ, as meaning his disease became violent; (Fet-h el-Báree, TA;) not improbably through error or inadvertence. (MF.) ― -b6- [(assumed tropical:) He was, or became, heavy, slow, sluggish, indolent, lazy, dull, torpid, or drowsy; wanting in alacrity, activity, agility, animation, spirit, or intelligence; stupid. ] You say, يَثْقُلُ عَنْ قُبُولِ مَا يُلْقَى اـِلَيْهِ (assumed tropical:) [ He is averse from receiving, or accepting, or admitting, or is slow to receive, &c., what is said to him ]. (TA.) ― -b7- Also, said of the عَرْفَج, and of the ثُمَام, (tropical:) Its shoots became luxuriant, or succulent, or sappy. (K, TA.) -A2- ثَقَلَهُ, (JK, S, K,) بِيَدِهِ, (K,) aor. ثَقُلَ , (TA,) inf. n. ثَقْلٌ, (K,) He tried the weight of it, (JK, S, K,) namely, a thing, (K,) or a sheep or goat, (S,) by lifting it [ with his hand ] to see if it were heavy or light. (S, TA.) ― -b2- ثَقَلَ الشَّىْءُ الشَّىْءَ فِى الوَزْنِ, aor. and inf. n. as above, (S,) The thing surpassed the thing in weight; outweighed it. (PS.) ― -b3- See also 2.