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 كَاذِب ― man iddaʕā ʔannahu raʔā n-nabiyya ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasalama fī al-yaqaẓati baʕda wafāti n-nabiyi fahwa kāḏib ― Whoever 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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