وقت

وَقْتٌ ذ (S, K) A time; or space, or measure, of time, (M, L, K, Msb,) appointed for any affair; a season: (Msb:) mostly used with respect to what is past: (M, K:) sometimes with respect to the future: (TA:) as also ↓ مِيقَاتٌ, (K, Msb:) or, accord. to some, there is a difference between these two words; the former having an absolute signification, and the latter signifying a time appointed for the performance of some action: [as in the S:] (TA:) pl. of the former أَوْقَاتٌ, and of the latter مَوَاقِيتُ. (Msb.) [Hence, وَقْتَئِذٍ Then; at that time. ] ― -b2- وَقْتٌ (tropical:) A space, or measure, of local extension; as a mile, &c. (Sb.)