يقظ

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the state of being awake, alert, and vigilant, contrasting with sleep or unawareness. It extends to the act of waking someone up, and the qualities of being watchful, intelligent, and perceptive. It also has metaphorical uses related to sound and stirring.

Derived headwords

اليَقَظَةnoun

1.
wakefulnessboth
The state of being awake, the opposite of sleep.
2.
alertnessboth
The state of being vigilant, attentive, and aware.

استيقظverb

1.
to wake upboth
To awaken from sleep.
2.
to become awareboth
To become conscious or alert to something.

إذا استيقظته شم بطنا — If you wake it up, it smells a belly

يَقْظَانadjective

1.
awakeboth
Being awake and not asleep.
2.
alertboth
Watchful, vigilant, and perceptive.

يَقْظَىadjective

1.
awake (fem.)both
The feminine form of 'yakzan', meaning awake or alert.

أَيْقَاظnoun

1.
awake peopleboth
A plural for 'yakzan' or 'yakiz', referring to awake or alert individuals, both men and women.

أَيْقَظَverb

1.
to awaken (someone)both
To cause someone to wake up from sleep; to rouse.
2.
to stir upboth
To agitate or stir up, like dust or sound.

وأيقظته من نومه أي نبهته — And I awakened him from his sleep, meaning I roused him.

يَقِظadjective

1.
alertboth
Watchful, perceptive, and intelligent.
2.
awakeboth
Being awake and not asleep.

يَقَاظnoun

1.
alert peopleboth
A plural for 'yakzan', referring to alert or vigilant people.

يَقَاظَىnoun

1.
alert womenboth
A plural for 'yakzā', referring to alert or vigilant women.

يَقِظَةnoun

1.
wakefulnessboth
The state of being awake, the opposite of sleep.
2.
alertnessboth
The state of being vigilant, attentive, and aware.

ومن الناس من يعيش شقيا، ... جيفة الليل غافل اليقظه — And among people are those who live miserably, ... heedless in the night's carcass of wakefulness.

يَقَاظَةnoun

1.
alertnessboth
A state of being very watchful, perceptive, and intelligent.
2.
wakefulnessboth
The state of being awake.

ولقد يقظ يقاظة ويقظا بينا — And indeed he was clearly awake with wakefulness.

تَيَقَّظَverb

1.
to become alertboth
To become attentive or aware of something.

تيقظ فلان للأمر إذا تنبه — So-and-so became alert to the matter when he became aware.

يُوقِظُverb

1.
to awaken (someone)both
To cause someone to wake up from sleep; to rouse.

يَقِظَverb

1.
to be awakeboth
To be in a state of wakefulness.
2.
to be alertboth
To be watchful and perceptive.

يُقِيظُverb

1.
to stir upboth
To agitate or stir up, like dust.

يقال للذي يثير التراب قد يقظه وأيقظه إذا فرقه — It is said of one who stirs up dust that he 'yaqizahu' and 'ayqazahu' if he disperses it.

تَيِقِيظnoun

1.
stirring upboth
The act of agitating or stirring up, particularly dust.

وأيقظت الغبار: أثرته، وكذلك يقظته تيقيظا — And I stirred up the dust: I agitated it, and likewise I stirred it up with 'taqyizan'.

يَقِظَةname

1.
Yaqizah (name)classical
A proper name for a man, such as Yaqizah ibn Murrah.
2.
Yaqizah (tribe name)classical
The name of a clan or tribe, such as the Banu Yaqizah.

وعادني الغر من بني يقظه — And the noble ones from the Banu Yaqizah visited me.

يَقِظَانname

1.
Yaqzan (name)classical
A proper name.

يَقِظًاnoun

1.
wakefulnessboth
A state of being awake or alert.

ولقد يقظ يقاظة ويقظا بينا — And indeed he was clearly awake with wakefulness.

Parallel reading

اليقظة: نقيض النوم

Wakefulness: the opposite of sleep.

والفعل استيقظ

And the verb is 'istayqaza' (to wake up).

والنعت يقظان

And the adjective is 'yakzan' (awake/alert).

والتأنيث يقظى

And the feminine form is 'yakzā' (awake/alert).

ونسوة ورجال أيقاظ

And women and men are 'ayqāẓ' (awake/alert).

إذا استيقظته شم بطنا

If you wake it up, it smells a belly.

وهو الانتباه من النوم

And it is the awareness from sleep.

وأيقظته من نومه أي نبهته فتيقظ

And I awakened him from his sleep, meaning I roused him, so he became alert.

وهو يقظان

And he is 'yakzan' (awake/alert).

ورجل يقظ ويقظ: كلاهما على النسب أي متيقظ حذر

And a man is 'yakiz' and 'yakiz': both are by way of attribution, meaning watchful and cautious.

والجمع أيقاظ

And the plural is 'ayqāẓ'.

وإنما أيقاظ عنده جمع يقظ لأن فعلا في الصفات أكثر من فعل

And 'ayqāẓ' is only a plural for 'yakiz' for him because 'fa'al' in adjectives is more common than 'fi'al'.

وجمع يقظان يقاظ

And the plural of 'yakzan' is 'yaqāẓ'.

ومن الناس من يعيش شقيا، ... جيفة الليل غافل اليقظه

And among people are those who live miserably, ... heedless in the night's carcass of wakefulness.

وما كان يقظا، ولقد يقظ يقاظة ويقظا بينا

And he was not alert, and indeed he was clearly awake with wakefulness.

رجل يقظ ويقظ إذا كان متيقظا كثير التيقظ فيه معرفة وفطنة

A man is 'yakiz' and 'yakiz' if he is very watchful, possessing knowledge and discernment.

ومثله عجل وعجل وطمع وطمع وفطن وفطن

And similar to it are 'ajil' and 'ajil', 'tama' and 'tama', 'fatin' and 'fatin'.

وتيقظ فلان للأمر إذا تنبه

And so-and-so became alert to the matter when he became aware.

ويقال: يقظ فلان ييقظ يقظا ويقظة، فهو يقظان

And it is said: So-and-so was awake, he 'yaqiẓu' with 'yaqaẓan' and 'yaqaẓatan', so he is 'yakzan'.

يقال للذي يثير التراب قد يقظه وأيقظه إذا فرقه

It is said of one who stirs up dust that he 'yaqizahu' and 'ayqazahu' if he disperses it.

وأيقظت الغبار: أثرته، وكذلك يقظته تيقيظا

And I stirred up the dust: I agitated it, and likewise I stirred it up with 'taqyizan'.

واستيقظ الخلخال والحلي: صوت

And the anklet and jewelry 'istayqazat': it made a sound.

وعادني الغر من بني يقظه

And the noble ones from the Banu Yaqizah visited me.