ثقل

From Proto-Semitic *ṯql (“to weigh; burden, weight”). Cognate with Hebrew שקל and Aramaic תקל.

• IPA^(key): /θa.qu.la/

ثَقُلَ • (ṯaqula) I (non-past يَثْقُلُ (yaṯqulu), verbal noun ثِقَل (ṯiqal) or ثَقَالَة (ṯaqāla))

1. to be heavy
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 101:6-11:

     فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ ۝ فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ ۝ وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ ۝ فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ ۝ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ ۝ نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to be or become pregnant
3. to become severe (of an illness)
4. to deteriorate (of one's hearing, etc.)
5. to be slurred (of speech)
6. to be burdensome, to be oppressive [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘to someone’]
7. to be difficult [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘for someone’]
8. to be sluggish, to be dull-witted
9. to be too sluggish, to be slow [with عَن (ʕan) ‘for something/to do something’]

   ثَقُلُوا عَنْ حَاجَتِنَا. ― ṯaqulū ʕan ḥājatinā. ― They are slow to do what we need.

10. to be too dull-witted [with عَن (ʕan) ‘for something/to do something’]
11. to load, to burden, to make heavy [with بِ (bi) ‘something’ and عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘for someone’]

• خَفَّ (ḵaffa)

ثَقَلَ • (ṯaqala) I (non-past يَثْقُلُ (yaṯqulu), verbal noun ثَقْل (ṯaql))

1. (transitive) to weigh; to determine the weight of an object
2. (transitive) to be heavier than, to outweigh

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ثقل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Causative of ثَقُلَ (ṯaqula, “to be heavy”).

• IPA^(key): /θaq.qa.la/

ثَقَّلَ • (ṯaqqala) II (non-past يُثَقِّلُ (yuṯaqqilu), verbal noun تَثْقِيل (taṯqīl))

1. (transitive) to make (something) heavy
2. (transitive) to burden [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘someone’ and accusative ‘with something’]
3. to ask too much of, to overburden [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘someone’]
4. to bother, to trouble [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘someone’ and بِ (bi) ‘with something’]

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ثقل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Compare Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (šéqel), Aramaic תִּקְלָא (tiqlā), Ugaritic 𐎘𐎖𐎍 (ṯql).

• IPA^(key): /θiq.lun/

ثِقْل • (ṯiql) m (plural أَثْقَال (ʔaṯqāl))

1. weight
2. burden, load
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 99:2:

     وَأَخۡرَجَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا

     waʔaḵrajati l-ʔarḍu ʔaṯqālahā

     And the earth discharges its burdens

3. gravity

• حِمْل (ḥiml)

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ثقل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

ثِقَل • (ṯiqal) m

1. verbal noun of ثَقُلَ (ṯaqula) (form I)
2. heaviness

Inflected form.

ثُقْل • (ṯuql) m pl

1. masculine plural of ثَقِيل (ṯaqīl)

From Arabic ثَقُلَ (ṯaqula).

• IPA^(key): /ti.ɡil/, /θi.ɡil/

ثِقِل • (tigil) I (non-past يِثْقَل (yitgal))

1. to be heavy
2. to load, burden, make heavy (بِ something)

From Arabic ثَقَّلَ (ṯaqqala).

• IPA^(key): /taɡ.ɡal/, /θaɡ.ɡal/

ثَقَّل • (taggal) II (non-past يِثَقِّل (yitaggil))

1. to make (something) heavy
2. (transitive) to burden (something عَلَى onto someone = burden someone with something)

From Arabic ثِقَل (ṯiqal).

• IPA^(key): /tu.ɡul/, /θu.ɡul/

ثقل • (tugl) m (construct state ثُقْل (tugl))

1. heaviness