استسقاء

Arabic

Root
س ق ي (s-q-y)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /is.tis.qaːʔ/

Noun

اِسْتِسْقَاء • (istisqāʔ) m

  1. verbal noun of اِسْتَسْقَى (istasqā) (form X)
  2. (medicine) (collection of fluid in the organs and their body cavities)
  3. (medicine) ascites (collection of fluids in the abdomen due to liver disease)
  4. (Islam) Istisqāʾ asking God for rain in times of drought
    صَلَاةُ الاِسْتِسْقَاءṣalātu l-istisqāʔthe prayer to ask for rain
    دُعَاءُ الاِسْتِسْقَاءduʕāʔu l-istisqāʔthe prayer/supplication to ask for rain

Declension

Descendants

  • Bashkir: истисҡа (istisqa)
  • Ottoman Turkish: استسقا
  • Tajik: истисқо (istisqo)
  • Acehnese: istisqa
  • Indonesian: istisqa
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