ص ع ق

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

The root ص ع ق (ṣ-ʿ-q) primarily relates to sudden, overwhelming impact, often associated with death, fainting, or intense sound. It encompasses phenomena like lightning strikes, thunderous noise, and the resulting incapacitation or demise of a person or thing.

Derived headwords

الصاعقةnoun

1.
lightning strikeboth
A bolt of lightning, often described as a fiery projectile from the sky, accompanied by thunder, capable of burning or destroying whatever it strikes.
2.
thunderclapboth
The loud, intense sound of thunder, sometimes considered synonymous with the destructive force of lightning.
3.
annihilating tormentclassical
Any destructive divine punishment or torment that causes death.
4.
deathclassical
The state of being dead, often as a result of a sudden, powerful force.

ويرسل الصواعق فيصيب بها من يشاء — And He sends the thunderbolts and strikes with them whom He wills

صاعقةnoun

1.
lightning strikeboth
A single instance of a lightning strike.
2.
thunderclapboth
A single loud sound of thunder.

أصابته صاعقة فقتلته — A lightning strike hit him and killed him

صعقةnoun

1.
fainting spellboth
A state of losing consciousness and mental faculties, often due to a sudden, loud noise.
2.
deathly blowclassical
A sudden, overwhelming impact that causes death.
3.
loud soundclassical
The sound produced by a lightning strike or thunder.

فأخذتهم الصعقة وهم ينظرون — And the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking

صاقعةnoun

1.
thunderboltclassical
An alternative term for a lightning strike or thunderbolt.

صواعقnoun

1.
thunderboltsboth
The plural of صاعقة, referring to multiple lightning strikes or thunderbolts.

اللهم لا تقتلنا بغضبك، ولا تهلكنا بعذابك — O Allah, do not kill us with Your wrath, nor destroy us with Your punishment

الصواقعnoun

1.
thunderboltsclassical
Another plural form for صاعقة, referring to thunderbolts.

صعقverb

1.
to be struck by lightningboth
To be hit by a lightning bolt.
2.
to faintboth
To lose consciousness and mental faculties, often due to a sudden shock or loud noise.
3.
to dieclassical
To perish, especially suddenly and forcefully.

صعقتهم السماء بصاعقة — The sky struck them with a lightning bolt

صعقتverb

1.
she/it was struck by lightningboth
Past tense, feminine singular form of the verb 'to be struck by lightning'.
2.
she/it faintedboth
Past tense, feminine singular form of the verb 'to faint'.

صعقnoun

1.
faintingboth
The act or state of losing consciousness and mental faculties.
2.
intense soundclassical
A very loud and powerful sound, such as that of thunder.
3.
deathclassical
The state of being dead, often resulting from a sudden impact.

صعقا بالفتح، ويحرك، وصعقة، وتصعاقا بفتحهما — fainting (with fath), and it is moved, and sa'qah, and tasāqā (both with fath)

صعقةnoun

1.
fainting spellboth
A single instance of fainting or losing consciousness.
2.
loud soundclassical
A single, powerful sound, like that of thunder.

الصعقة: الصوت الذي يكون عن الصاعقة — The sa'qah: the sound that comes from the sa'iqah (lightning strike)

تصعاقnoun

1.
faintingclassical
The act or state of losing consciousness and mental faculties.

صعقadjective

1.
faintedboth
One who has fainted or lost consciousness.
2.
deadclassical
One who has died suddenly.

فهو صعق ككتف — so he is sa'iq (fainted) like kutuf

صعقname

1.
name of a personclassical
A proper name, specifically a nickname for Khuwailid bin Nufail bin Amr bin Kilab.

يزيد بن الصعق — Yazid bin al-Sa'iq

الصعقname

1.
nicknameclassical
A nickname that became a proper name, referring to Khuwailid bin Nufail.

فلان ابن الصعق — So-and-so, son of al-Sa'iq

صعقيadjective

1.
related to al-Sa'iqclassical
An adjective derived from the name or nickname al-Sa'iq.

صعقnoun

1.
intense soundclassical
Extreme loudness of sound.

صلصال الصعق — the intense sound of the braying

حمار صعقnoun

1.
loud-braying donkeyclassical
A donkey characterized by its extremely loud and powerful braying.

صعقverb

1.
to collapseclassical
To fall down suddenly, as if dead or unconscious.

صعق الرجل كفرح، صعقا، وتصعاقا — The man collapsed (ka-faraha), saqan, and tasāqan

أصعقverb

1.
to strike (with lightning)both
To be struck by a lightning bolt.
2.
to killclassical
To cause death, especially suddenly.

أصعقته الصاعقة — The lightning strike struck him

المصعوقnoun

1.
one who faintedboth
A person who has lost consciousness.
2.
one who died suddenlyclassical
A person who has died suddenly, especially from a powerful impact.

ينتظر بالمصعوق ثلاثا ما لم يخافوا عليه نتنا — one waits for the one who fainted for three (days) unless they fear putrefaction for him

يصعقونverb

1.
they will dieclassical
Future tense, third person plural, referring to the act of dying, especially on the Day of Judgment.
2.
they will faintclassical
Future tense, third person plural, referring to the act of fainting.

حتى يلاقوا يومهم الذي فيه يصعقون — until they meet their Day, the Day when they will be struck down

صعقverb

1.
to bray loudlyclassical
To make a very loud and intense braying sound, used for donkeys.

صعق الثور يصعق صعاقا: خار خوارا شديدا — The bull brayed loudly (ṣaʿaqa) ṣaʿāqan: it made a very loud braying sound.

صعاقnoun

1.
loud brayingclassical
The loud and intense sound of a donkey's bray.
2.
sound of thunderclassical
The loud noise associated with thunder.

صعاق الرعد: صوته — The ṣaʿāq of the thunder: its sound.

الصاعقadjective

1.
emaciated camelclassical
A very thin and weak camel, whose marrow is dry.

صعقتverb

1.
it collapsedclassical
Past tense, feminine singular, referring to a well collapsing.

صعقت الركية، كفرح، صعقا: انقاضت فانهارت — The well collapsed (ka-fariha), ṣaʿqan: it caved in and fell down.

صعائقnoun

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

صعقname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, possibly a water source, near al-Mardamah.

Parallel reading

الصاعقة: الموت قاله مقاتل وقتادة في تفسير قوله: أصابته صاعقة

The lightning strike: death, said Muqatil and Qatadah in interpreting His saying: 'A lightning strike afflicted him'.

فأخذتكم الصاعقة وأنتم تنظرون

And the thunderbolt seized you while you were looking.

كل عذاب مهلك وفي ثلاث لغات: صاعقة، وصعقة، وصاقعة.

Every annihilating torment, and in three languages: ṣāʿiqah, ṣaʿqah, and ṣāqiʿah.

وقيل: الصاعقة: صيحة العذاب.

And it is said: The ṣāʿiqah is the cry of torment.

ويقال: هو الصوت الشديد من الرعدة يسقط معها قطعة نار، ويقال: إنها المخراق الذي بيد الملك سائق السحاب، ولا يأتي على شيء إلا أحرقه.

And it is said: It is the intense sound from thunder from which a piece of fire falls, and it is said: It is the fiery whip in the hand of the angel driving the clouds, and it does not come upon anything except it burns it.

ويرسل الصواعق فيصيب بها من يشاء

And He sends the thunderbolts and strikes with them whom He wills.

فجعني الرعد والصواعق بال ... فارس يوم الكريهة النجد

The thunder and the thunderbolts grieved me with... a knight on the day of the arduous battle.

اللهم لا تقتلنا بغضبك، ولا تهلكنا بعذابك

O Allah, do not kill us with Your wrath, nor destroy us with Your punishment.

فإذا زجر رعدت، وإذا رعدت صعقت

When it is driven, it thunders, and when it thunders, it strikes with a lightning bolt.

إذا غشي عليه وذهب عقله من صوت يسمعه، كالهدة الشديدة.

When he loses consciousness and his mind leaves him from a sound he hears, like an intense crash.

فإذا موسى باطش بالعرش، فلا أدري أفاق قبلي، أم جوزي بصعقة الطور.

And behold, Moses was struck unconscious by the Throne; I do not know whether he was conscious before me, or if he was recompensed by the thunderbolt of the Mount.

إذا تتلاهن صلصال الصعق كما في العباب.

When the intense braying follows them, as in Al-ʿUbbāb.

وهو: الشديد الصوت والنهيق.

And it is: the one with intense sound and braying.

فكان إذا سمع صوتا شديدا صعق فذهب عقله

So when he heard an intense sound, he would faint and his mind would leave him.

فهبت الريح، فهالت التراب في قصاعه، فلعنها وسبها، فأرسل الله تعالى عليه صاعقة فقتلته

So the wind blew, and it threw dust into his bowls, so he cursed it and reviled it, and Allah the Almighty sent a lightning strike upon him and killed him.

وخر موسى صعقا

And Moses fell down in a swoon.

فلما أفاق

And when he recovered consciousness.

فصعق من في السموات ومن في الأرض

And there will be blown the Trumpet, and there will fall senseless all who are in the heavens and all who are on the earth.

أصعقتها صواهله

Its loud cries killed them.

فذرهم حتى يلاقوا يومهم الذي فيه يصعقون

So leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck down.

أي: فذرهم الى يوم القيامة حتى ينفخ في الصور، فيصعق الخلق، أي: يموتون.

Meaning: So leave them until the Day of Resurrection until the Horn is blown, and the creation will die, meaning: they will die.

صعق الثور يصعق صعاقا: خار خوارا شديدا.

The bull brayed loudly (ṣaʿaqa) ṣaʿāqan: it made a very loud braying sound.

صعقت الركية، كفرح، صعقا: انقاضت فانهارت.

The well collapsed (ka-fariha), ṣaʿqan: it caved in and fell down.