وقى

8 اِتَّقى ذ He preserved, or guarded, himself exceedingly, or extraordinarily: (Ksh, Bd in ii. 1:) he put a thing between him and another to preserve him, or guard him. (Ham, p. 359.) ― -b2- In the conventional language of the law, He preserved, or guarded, himself exceedingly, or extraordinarily, (Ksh, Bd, ubi supra,) from sin, of commission or of omission, (Ksh,) [or] from what would harm him in the world to come. (Bd, who describes three degrees.) It may often be rendered He was pious; or careful of his religious duties. ― -b3- اِتَّقَى عَلَيْهِمْ وَحَذِرَ [ He guarded himself against them in an extraordinary degree, and was cautious, or wary ]. (JK, TA, in art. خشى.) See 1. ― -b4- يَتْقِى, for يَتَّقِى: see art. تقى: and see a verse of Khufáf Ibn-Nudbeh, (quoted in the S, in art. وقى,) cited voce أَثْرٌ. ― -b5- يَتَّقْ for يَتَّقِ: see a verse cited voce مُتَأَوِّبٌ.