سقي

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root سقي primarily relates to providing water or drink, but extends metaphorically to concepts of causing something to be absorbed, instilling feelings, or engaging in harmful speech. It also encompasses agricultural practices involving sharing produce and a specific location.

Derived headwords

سَقَىverb

1.
to give drinkboth
To provide water or any liquid to someone or something.
2.
to irrigateboth
To water plants or land, typically for agriculture.

أسْقَىverb

1.
to cause to drinkboth
To make someone or something drink; to provide drink.
2.
to slanderclassical
To speak ill of someone behind their back, to backbite.
3.
to instill enmityclassical
To cause deep-seated hatred or animosity to be absorbed into someone's heart.

سِقَاءًnoun

1.
slanderingclassical
The act of backbiting or speaking ill of someone.

سَقِيَverb

1.
to be given drinkboth
To receive drink or water.

سُقِيَverb

1.
to be slanderedclassical
To be the subject of backbiting or malicious speech.

سَقِيَ قلبه عداوةverb phrase

1.
heart filled with enmityclassical
Figuratively, for someone's heart to be filled with deep-seated hatred or animosity.

تَسْقِيَةnoun

1.
repeatedly causing to drinkclassical
The act of causing something to be absorbed repeatedly, especially in the context of instilling hatred.

سَقَى الثوبverb phrase

1.
to dye a garmentboth
To imbue a fabric with dye, causing it to absorb the color.

اسْتَقَىverb

1.
to vomitclassical
To expel the contents of the stomach by involuntary action.
2.
to draw waterboth
To fetch or draw water from a source.

اسْتَسْقَىverb

1.
to induce vomitingclassical
To cause oneself or another to vomit.

المُسَاقَاةnoun

1.
sharecropping agreementclassical
An agricultural partnership, especially in date palms or vineyards, where the worker cultivates the land in exchange for a share of the produce.

سَاقَىverb

1.
to enter into a sharecropping agreementclassical
To make a deal with someone to cultivate land and share the harvest.

السُّقْيَاname

1.
Al-Suqyaclassical
A place name, a منزل (station or stop) between Mecca and Medina.

المُعَامَلَةnoun

1.
sharecroppingclassical
A term used by the people of Iraq for the practice of sharecropping or agricultural partnership.

Parallel reading

ولا أي من فارقت أسقى سقائيا

And none of those I left behind did I slander with slander.

لا أدري من أوعى في الداء

I do not know who has accumulated the ailment.

يقال سقى زيد عمرا وأسقاه إذا اغتابه غيبة خبيثة

It is said: Zayd slandered 'Amr and made him drink (i.e., slandered him) if he backbit him with a malicious backbiting.

أسقيته إذا عبته واغتبته

I slandered him if you criticized him and backbit him.

وسقي قلبه عداوة: أشرب

And his heart was imbued with enmity: he was made to drink.

ويقال للرجل إذا كرر عليه ما يكرهه مرارا: سقي قلبه بالعدواة تسقية

And it is said of a man if what he dislikes is repeated to him many times: his heart was imbued with enmity through repeated instillation.

وسقى الثوب وسقاه: أشربه صبغا

And he dyed the garment and made it drink: he imbued it with dye.

ويقال للثوب إذا صبغته: سقيته منا من عصفر ونحو ذلك

And it is said of a garment if you dye it: you imbued it with saffron and the like.

واستقى الرجل واستسقى: تقيأ

And the man vomited and induced vomiting: he vomited.

وكنت من دائك ذا أقلاس، ... فاستسقين بثمر القسقاس

And I was from your illness suffering from bouts, ... so we induced vomiting with the fruit of the Qasqas.

المساقاة في النخيل والكروم على الثلث والربع وما أشبهه

The sharecropping in date palms and vineyards is on the basis of one-third, one-fourth, and the like.

يقال: ساقى فلان فلانا نخله أو كرمه إذا دفعه إليه واستعمله فيه على أن يعمره ويسقيه ويقوم بمصلحته من الإبار وغيره، فما أخرج الله منه فللعامل سهم من كذا وكذا سهما مما تغله، والباقي لمالك النخل

It is said: So-and-so made a sharecropping agreement with so-and-so for his date palm or vineyard if he handed it over to him and employed him in it to cultivate it, water it, and attend to its needs, such as pollination and other matters. Then, whatever Allah brings forth from it, the worker gets a share of such-and-such a portion of its yield, and the remainder belongs to the owner of the palm.

وأهل العراق يسمونها المعاملة

And the people of Iraq call it Al-Mu'amalah.

وهو قائل السقيا

And he is the one who said (or is associated with) Al-Suqya.

أنه كان يستعذب الماء من بيوت السقيا

That he used to seek fresh water from the houses of Al-Suqya.