Rizwan Zubair

Root و س ق w-s-q

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و س قw-s-q

(ض) وَسَقَ يَسِقُ وَسْقًاwasaqa yasiqu wa-sqan: to gather, to gather up.

وَسْقwasq: a load; a unit of measure.

Form VIII (iftiʿāl) اِتَّسَقَ يَتَّسِقُ اِتِّسَاقًاittasaqa yattasiqu ittisāqan (original form اِوْتَسَقَiwtasaqa, the wāw changed to tāʾ and assimilated): to become full and complete, to join and become one — of the moon the word is most delicate, i.e. when it becomes full. Twice in the Quran, both in the same context: ﴿وَالَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ﴾ (Al-Inshiqāq 84:17–18) — i.e. the night and what it gathers up, and the moon when it becomes full.

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