يقظة

Arabic

Root
ي ق ظ (y-q-ẓ)

Etymology

Verbal noun of يَقُظَ (yaquẓa, to be awake) (cf. اِسْتَيْقَظَ (istayqaẓa, to wake up (oneself)) and أَيْقَظَ (ʔayqaẓa, to wake up (someone else)), from the root ي ق ظ (y-q-ẓ), related to awakeness.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ja.qa.ðˤa/

Noun

يَقَظَة • (yaqaẓa) f (plural يَقَظَات (yaqaẓāt))

  1. the state of being awake, not being asleep; awakeness
    Antonym: مَنَام (manām)
    مَن اِدَّعَى أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَمَ فِي اليَقَظَةِ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ النَبِيِ فَهْوَ كَاذِبman iddaʕā ʔannahu raʔā n-nabiyya ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasalama fī al-yaqaẓati baʕda wafāti n-nabiyi fahwa kāḏibWhoever claims to have seen the Prophet after his death while awake is a liar.
  2. alertness, wokeness, attentiveness
    Synonym: نَبَاهَة (nabāha)
    الشَّعْبُ كَانَ يَقِظًا فِي مَطَالِبِهِ وَأَهْدَافِهِ.aš-šaʕbu kāna yaqiẓan fī maṭālibihi waʔahdāfihi.The people were woke in their demands and goals

Declension

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