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سقى

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of giving drink or water to someone or something. It also extends to the containers used for holding liquids, particularly water and milk, and the process of watering plants or land.

Derived headwords

السِّقَاءُnoun
  1. 1.
    it is for milk and waterboth

    it is for milk and water

أسْقِيَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of siqāʾboth

    plural of siqāʾ

أسْقِيَاتٌnoun
  1. 1.
    waterskins (few)both

    Another plural form of السقاء, also referring to a small number of waterskins.

أسَاقٍnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of siqāʾboth

    plural of siqāʾ

سَقَىverb
  1. 1.
    his belly swelled with waterboth

    his belly swelled with water

  2. 2.
    how much water does your land get?both

    how much water does your land get?

سَقَيْتُverb
  1. 1.
    I gave drinkboth

    Past tense, first person singular of سقى, meaning 'I gave drink' or 'I watered'.

أسْقَىverb
  1. 1.
    to give drink (causative)both

    Form IV of سقى, meaning to cause to drink, or to give drink to someone.

  2. 2.
    to water (causative)both

    Form IV of سقى, meaning to cause to be watered or to irrigate.

أسْقَيْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    I gave him drinkboth

    Past tense, first person singular of أسقى, meaning 'I gave him drink' or 'I watered him/it'.

Parallel reading

السقاء يكون للبن وللماء
The siqā' is for milk and for water.
والجمع القليل أسقيتة وأسقيات
And the small plural is asqiyah and asqiyāt.
والكثير أساق
And the large plural is asāq.
والوطب للبن خاصة
And the waṭb is specifically for milk.
والنحي للسمن
And the naḥī is for ghee.
والقربة للماء
And the qirbah is for water.
وسقيت فلانا
And I gave someone a drink.
وأسقيته
And I gave him a drink.
أي قلت له
Meaning, I said to him.