Arabic

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 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 2

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

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 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 3

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

Noun

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

1. verbal noun of ثَقُلَ ‎(ṯaqula, “to be heavy”) (form I)
2. weight
3. burden, load
4. gravity
5. heaviness

Declension

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ثقل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 4

Inflected form.

Adjective

ثُقْل • ‎(ṯuql) m pl

1. masculine plural of ثَقِيل ‎(ṯaqīl)