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وقط

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes depressions or hollows that collect water, particularly in rocky or mountainous terrain. It also extends to meanings related to being struck down, overwhelmed, or made heavy, often implying a state of collapse or unconsciousness.

Derived headwords

الوَقْطُnoun
  1. 1.
    Water-collecting hollowboth

    A depression or hollow in rough ground or a mountain where rainwater collects.

  2. 2.
    Place nameclassical

    The name of a specific location.

الوَقِيطَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    Water-collecting hollowclassical

    Similar to 'waqt', a hollow in a mountain where water collects, sometimes shaped into basins to hold water for travelers.

وَقَطَverb
  1. 1.
    To strike downboth

    To throw someone down forcefully, causing them to collapse.

  2. 2.
    To overwhelmboth

    To make someone heavy or overwhelmed, as by illness, grief, or a blow.

  3. 3.
    To cause to fallclassical

    To cause an animal, like a camel, to fall and become stunned or unconscious.

  4. 4.
    To induce sleepclassical

    To cause someone to fall asleep, as from eating heavy food.

وَقْطًاnoun
  1. 1.
    A fallboth

    The act of being struck down or thrown to the ground.

وَقَطَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To overturnclassical

    To flip someone onto their head, lift their legs, and strike them together.

وَقَطَ بِهِ الْأَرْضَverb
  1. 1.
    To strike down to the groundboth

    To throw someone down to the ground so forcefully that they cannot get up.

مُوَقُوطٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Struck downboth

    One who has been struck down, thrown to the ground, and is unable to rise.

وَقِيطٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Overwhelmedboth

    Someone who is heavy, overwhelmed by illness, grief, or a blow, or extremely full from eating.

  2. 2.
    Struck downclassical

    One who has been struck down and is unable to recover.

وَقَطَ فِي رَأْسِهِverb
  1. 1.
    To feel heavyclassical

    To experience a heavy sensation in the head, often associated with the intensity of receiving divine revelation.

الْوِقْطَانُnoun
  1. 1.
    Water-collecting hollowsclassical

    Plural of 'waqt', referring to multiple depressions or hollows that collect water.

إِقَاطٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Water-collecting hollowsclassical

    A variant plural of 'waqt', used by the Tamim tribe, where the waw is replaced by alif.

وَقَاطٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Water-collecting hollowsboth

    A plural of 'waqt', referring to multiple depressions or hollows that collect water.

  2. 2.
    Fallen onesclassical

    Plural of 'waqit', referring to multiple people who have been struck down or overwhelmed.

وَقَاطَىnoun
  1. 1.
    Fallen onesclassical

    A plural form for 'waqit', referring to multiple people who have been struck down.

الْوَقِيطُnoun
  1. 1.
    Hard place for waterclassical

    A hard, solid place where water collects but is not easily absorbed.

يَوْمُ الْوَقِيطِname
  1. 1.
    The Day of al-Waqitclassical

    A historical day of conflict in Islam between the tribes of Banu Tamim and Bakr bin Wail.

Parallel reading

الوَقْطُ والوَقِيطَةُ: حُفْرَةٌ فِي غِلَظٍ أَوْ جَبَلٍ يَجْتَمِعُ فِيهَا مَاءُ السَّمَاءِ.
Al-waqt and al-waqita: a hollow in rough ground or a mountain where rainwater collects.
الوَقْطُ والوَقِيطُ كَالرَّدْهَةِ فِي الْجَبَلِ يَسْتَنْقِعُ فِيهِ الْمَاءُ تُتَّخَذُ فِيهَا حِيَاضٌ تَحْبِسُ الْمَاءَ لِلْمَارَّةِ، وَاسْمُ ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعِ أَجْمَعَ وَقْطٌ، وَهُوَ مِثْلُ الْوَجْذِ إِلَّا أَنَّ الْوَقْطَ أَوْسَعُ.
Al-waqt and al-waqit are like al-radha in the mountain where water pools; basins are made in it to hold water for travelers, and the name of that entire place is waqt, and it is like al-wajdh except that al-waqt is wider.
وَأَخْلَفَ الْوِقْطَانُ وَالْمَآجِلَا
And the water-collecting hollows and the delayed times passed.
وَأُصِيبَتْنَا السَّمَاءُ فَوْقَطَ الصَّخْرَ أَيْ صَارَ فِيهِ وَقْطٌ.
And the rain struck us, it made a hollow in the rock, meaning a waqt formed in it.
وَوَقَطَهُ وَقْطًا: صَرَعَهُ.
And he struck him down with a fall: he threw him down.
وَقَطَهُ بِعِيرُهُ: صَرَعَهُ فَغُشِيَ عَلَيْهِ.
His camel struck him down: it threw him down so he fainted.
وَأَكَلْتُ طَعَامًا وَقَطَنِي أَيْ أَنَامَنِي.
And I ate food that made me sleepy, meaning it put me to sleep.
وَكُلُّ مُثْخَنٍ ضَرْبًا أَوْ مَرَضًا أَوْ حُزْنًا أَوْ شِبَعًا وَقِيطٌ.
And everyone who is overwhelmed by a beating, illness, grief, or satiety is waqit.
ضَرَبَهُ فَوَقَطَهُ إِذَا صَرَعَهُ صَرْعَةً لَا يَقُومُ مِنْهَا.
He struck him and waqt-ed him if he struck him down with a fall from which he does not rise.
وَوَقَطَ بِهِ الْأَرْضَ إِذَا صَرَعَهُ.
And he struck him down to the ground if he threw him down.
كَانَ إِذَا نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْوَحْيُ وَقَطَ فِي رَأْسِهِ أَيْ أَنَّهُ أَدْرَكَهُ الثِّقَلُ فَوَضَعَ رَأْسَهُ.
When the revelation came down upon him, he would feel a heaviness in his head, meaning the intensity overwhelmed him so he would lower his head.
ضَرَبَهُ فَوَقَطَهُ أَيْ أَثْقَلَهُ.
He struck him and waqt-ed him, meaning he made him heavy.
الْوَقِيطُ وَالْوَقِيعُ الْمَكَانُ الصُّلْبُ الَّذِي يَسْتَنْقِعُ فِيهِ الْمَاءُ فَلَا يَرْزَأُ الْمَاءُ شَيْئًا.
Al-waqit and al-waqi' is the hard place where water collects and the water is not diminished at all.
يَوْمُ الْوَقِيطِ: يَوْمٌ كَانَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ بَيْنَ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ وَبَكْرِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ.
The Day of al-Waqit: a day that occurred in Islam between Banu Tamim and Bakr bin Wail.
عَرَفْتُ لِسَلْمَى، بَيْنَ وَقْطٍ فَضَلْفَعِ، ... مَنَازِلَ أَقْوَتْ مِنْ مَصِيفٍ وَمُرَبَّعٍ
I recognized for Salma, between Waqt and Fadhlfa', ... dwellings that were deserted from summer and winter quarters.