الصاعقة

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes sudden, destructive phenomena, often associated with lightning, thunder, and divine punishment. It extends to concepts of overwhelming sound, incapacitation, and severe affliction, including death and intense torment.

Derived headwords

الصَّاعِقَةnoun

1.
lightning strikeboth
A bolt of lightning, often perceived as a divine strike or a destructive force.
2.
deathclassical
The state of being dead, often as a result of a sudden, destructive event.
3.
annihilating tormentclassical
Any form of punishment or torment that leads to destruction or death.
4.
thunderclapboth
A loud, resounding sound of thunder, often associated with a lightning strike.
5.
cloud-driving staffclassical
A mythical or symbolic staff held by a king that controls the clouds.

ولا يأتي على شيء إلا أحرقه — and it leaves nothing it strikes but it burns it

صَعَقَتْهُمُ السَّمَاءُverb

1.
struck by lightningboth
The sky struck them, referring to being hit by a lightning bolt.

وصعقتهم السماء، كمنع، صاعقة، مصدر كالراعية: أصابتهم بها — And the sky struck them, like 'man'a', a 'sa'iqah', a masdar like 'ra'iyah': it struck them with it.

صَاعِقَةnoun

1.
lightning strikeboth
A masdar (verbal noun) indicating the act or instance of being struck by lightning.

صاعقة، مصدر كالراعية: أصابتهم بها — a 'sa'iqah', a masdar like 'ra'iyah': it struck them with it.

صُعِقَverb

1.
to be struck senselessboth
To be overcome by a shock, fear, or sound, leading to a loss of consciousness.
2.
to be smittenclassical
To be afflicted or struck down, often by a divine force or severe event.

وكسمع صعقا، ويحرك، وصعقة وتصعاقا، فهو صعق، ككتف: غشي عليه — And like 'sami'a', 'sa'qa', and 'sah'a', and 'sa'qah' and 'tas'aaqa', so he is 'sa'iq', like 'katif': he fainted.

صَعْقnoun

1.
faintingboth
The state of losing consciousness, often due to shock or intense sound.

صَعْقَةnoun

1.
a bout of faintingclassical
An instance or episode of losing consciousness.

وصعقة وتصعاقا، فهو صعق، ككتف: غشي عليه — and 'sa'qah' and 'tas'aaqa', so he is 'sa'iq', like 'katif': he fainted.

تَصْعَاقnoun

1.
faintingclassical
A masdar (verbal noun) denoting the act or state of fainting or being struck senseless.

وصعقة وتصعاقا، فهو صعق، ككتف: غشي عليه — and 'sa'qah' and 'tas'aaqa', so he is 'sa'iq', like 'katif': he fainted.

صَعِيقadjective

1.
faintedboth
One who has fainted or lost consciousness.

فهو صعق، ككتف: غشي عليه — so he is 'sa'iq', like 'katif': he fainted.

الصَّعْقnoun

1.
loud soundboth
An intense or overwhelming sound.

الصعق، محركة: شدة الصوت — Al-sa'q, with harakah: intensity of sound.

الصَّعْقadjective

1.
loud-voicedclassical
One who has a very loud or powerful voice.

وككتف: الشديد الصوت — And like 'katif': the loud-voiced.

الصَّعْقname

1.
name of a horseclassical
The name of a horse belonging to the tribe of Banu Kilab.

وفارس لبني كلاب — and a horse for Banu Kilab

الصَّعْقname

1.
nicknameclassical
A nickname, specifically referring to Khwailid bin Nufayl.

ولقب خويلد بن نفيل — and the nickname of Khwailid bin Nufayl

الصَّعْقnoun

1.
anticipation of a strikeclassical
The state of expecting or awaiting a strike, particularly a lightning strike.

والمتوقع صاعقة — and the one expecting a strike

الصَّعْقِيّadjective

1.
related to the nicknameclassical
An adjective derived from the nickname 'Al-Sa'q', referring to someone associated with it.

والنسبة، صعقي، محركة، وصعقي، كعنبي، على غير قياس — and the nisbah, 'sa'qi', with harakah, and 'sa'qi', like 'anabi', irregularly

الصَّعْقِيّadjective

1.
related to the nickname (irregular)classical
An irregular form of the adjective derived from the nickname 'Al-Sa'q'.

وصعقي، كعنبي، على غير قياس — and 'sa'qi', like 'anabi', irregularly

صَعَائِقnoun

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name in Najd, belonging to the tribe of Banu Asad.

وصعائق، بالضم: ع بنجد لبني أسد — And 'sa'a'iq', with dammah: a place in Najd for Banu Asad.

صُعُقnoun

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name, possibly a variant of 'Sa'a'iq'.

وكزفر: ع — And like 'zufr': a place.

Parallel reading

الموت، وكل عذاب مهلك، وصيحة العذاب، والمخراق الذي بيد الملك سائق السحاب، ولا يأتي على شيء إلا أحرقه، أو نار تسقط من السماء.

Death, and every annihilating torment, and the cry of torment, and the staff in the hand of the king driving the clouds, and it leaves nothing it strikes but it burns it, or fire falling from the sky.

وصعقتهم السماء، كمنع، صاعقة، مصدر كالراعية: أصابتهم بها.

And the sky struck them, like 'man'a', a 'sa'iqah', a masdar like 'ra'iyah': it struck them with it.

وكسمع صعقا، ويحرك، وصعقة وتصعاقا، فهو صعق، ككتف: غشي عليه.

And like 'sami'a', 'sa'qa', and 'sah'a', and 'sa'qah' and 'tas'aaqa', so he is 'sa'iq', like 'katif': he fainted.

الصعق، محركة: شدة الصوت.

Al-sa'q, with harakah: intensity of sound.

وككتف: الشديد الصوت، والمتوقع صاعقة، ولقب خويلد بن نفيل، وفارس لبني كلاب.

And like 'katif': the loud-voiced, and the one expecting a strike, and the nickname of Khwailid bin Nufayl, and a horse for Banu Kilab.

والنسبة، صعقي، محركة، وصعقي، كعنبي، على غير قياس، لقب لأن تميما أصابوا رأسه بضربة، فكان إذا سمع صوتا صعق، أو لأنه اتخذ طعاما، فكفأت الريح قدوره، فلعنها، فأرسل الله تعالى عليه صاعقة.

And the nisbah, 'sa'qi', with harakah, and 'sa'qi', like 'anabi', irregularly, a nickname because Tamim struck his head with a blow, so when he heard a sound he fainted, or because he prepared food, and the wind overturned his pots, so he cursed it, and Allah the Almighty sent a strike upon him.

وصعائق، بالضم: ع بنجد لبني أسد.

And 'sa'a'iq', with dammah: a place in Najd for Banu Asad.

وكزفر: ع.

And like 'zufr': a place.