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أسقى

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Arabic

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Root
س ق ي (s q y)
11 terms

Etymology

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Cognate with Hebrew הִשְׁקָה (hišqā).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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أَسْقَى (ʔasqā) IV (non-past يُسْقِي (yusqī), verbal noun إِسْقَاء (ʔisqāʔ))

  1. (ditransitive) to give drink
    Synonyms: سَقَى (saqā), شَرَّبَ (šarraba), أَشْرَبَ (ʔašraba)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 15:22:
      وَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ لَوَٰقِحَ فَأَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَسْقَيْنَـٰكُمُوهُ وَمَا أَنْتُمْ لَهُۥ بِخَـٰزِنِينَ
      waʔarsalnā r-riyāḥa lawāqiḥa faʔanzalnā mina s-samāʔi māʔan faʔasqaynākumūhu wamā ʔantum lahū biḵāzinīna
      We send fertilizing winds, and bring down rain from the sky for you to drink. It is not you who hold its reserves.

Conjugation

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Verb

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أُسْقَى (ʔusqā) (form I) /ʔus.qaː/

  1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative/subjunctive of سَقَى (saqā)