ثقل

See also: بقل and تقل

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ث ق ل (ṯ-q-l), from Proto-Semitic *ṯql (to weigh; burden, weight).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θa.qu.la/

Verb

ثَقُلَ (ṯaqula) I, non-past يَثْقُلُ‎ (yaṯqulu)

  1. to be heavy
  2. to load, burden, make heavy (بِ (bi) something)
  3. to be burdensome, oppressive (عَلَى (ʿalā) to someone)
  4. to be sluggish, dull-witted
  5. to be too sluggish, too dull (عَن (ʿan) for something)
Conjugation
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), ثقل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Causative of ثَقُلَ (ṯaqula, to be heavy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θaq.qa.la/

Verb

ثَقَّلَ (ṯaqqala) II, non-past يُثَقِّلُ‎ (yuṯaqqilu)

  1. to make (something) heavy
  2. (transitive) to burden (something عَلَى (ʿalā) onto someone = burden someone with something)
  3. to trouble (عَلَى (ʿalā) someone بِ (bi) with something)
Conjugation
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), ثقل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 3

From the root ث ق ل (ṯ-q-l)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θiq.lun/

Noun

ثِقْل (ṯiql) m (plural أَثْقَال (ʾaṯqāl))

  1. weight
  2. burden, load
  3. gravity
Declension
Synonyms
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), ثقل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

ثِقَل (ṯiqal) m

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

Etymology 4

Inflected form.

Adjective

ثُقْل (ṯuql) m pl

  1. masculine plural of ثَقِيل (ṯaqīl)
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