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Form 1ثَقُلَ10 senses · 2 main
muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarثِقَلٌ ثَقْلٌ

Core sense — it was, or became, heavy; it was burdensome; he tried its weightgenerated

1.1

It (a thing) was, or became, heavy, weighty, or ponderous.

maṣdar ثِقَلٌ, ثِقْلٌ (a contraction of the former), and ثَقَالَةٌ — in the CK ثِقالَة, but it is like كَرَامَةٌ.

See ثِقَلٌ below.

1.1.1

See also form 4.

1.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredand as to him whose good deeds shall be preponderant—فَأَمَّا مَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ

In the Qurʾān 101:5.

[It was, or became, heavy, weighty, or preponderant, in an ideal sense.]

See also Qurʾān 7:7 and 23:104.

Qur’ān 101:6 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur ci. 5”
Qur’ān 7:8 approximate — somewhere between 7:1 and 7:12 Lane cites “Kur vii. 7”
Qur’ān 101:6 Lane quotes this verse
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1.3figurative · مجازthe saying was heavy, or unpleasant to hear—ثَقُلَ القَوْلُ
it will be momentous, or formidable, in the heavens and on the earth—ثَقُلَتْ فِى السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ

[It was, or became, heavy, or weighty, as meaning onerous, burdensome, oppressive, afflictive, grievous, or troublesome.]

Qurʾān 7:186, said of the time of the resurrection: heavy to the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth, to the angels and men and jinn. This seems to allude to the wisdom shown in concealing it; or it means that the knowledge of it [is difficult]. Ibn-ʿArafeh: or it is hidden.

[ثَقُلَ is also said of a word and of a sound, meaning it was heavy, or not easy, to utter, or heavy to the ear: see form 2. And of an affair or action, meaning it was afflictive, grievous, troublesome, or difficult.]

it was, or became, heavy, onerous, to him—ثَقُلَ عَلَيْهِ

[In these and similar senses it is made transitive by means of عَلَى.]

his hearing was, or became, heavy—ثَقُلَ سَمْعُهُ

That is, his hearing partially went.

on this sense [Said of food: it was, or became, heavy to the stomach, difficult of digestion.]

Qur’ān 7:187 approximate — somewhere between 7:185 and 7:195 Lane cites “Kur vii. 186”
Qur’ān 7:187 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا ۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّى ۖ لَا يُجَلِّيهَا لِوَقْتِهَآ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ ثَقُلَتْ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ لَا تَأْتِيكُمْ إِلَّا بَغْتَةً ۗ يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ كَأَنَّكَ حَفِىٌّ عَنْهَا ۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

They ask thee about the (final) Hour - when will be its appointed time? Say: "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord (alone): None but He can reveal as to when it will occur. Heavy were its burden through the heavens and the earth. Only, all of a sudden will it come to you." They ask thee as if thou Wert eager in search thereof: Say: "The knowledge thereof is with Allah (alone), but most men know not."Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1.4figurative · مجاز

He (a man) was, or became, heavy in sickness, or disease; and in the same way, in his sleep.

The verb is thus, with ḍamma on the ق, though the K gives it as ثَقِلَ, like فَرِحَ, meaning his disease became violent (Fetḥ el-Bārī) — quite possibly by mistake or oversight.

1.1.5figurative · مجاز — inferredhe is averse from accepting, or is slow to receive, what is said to him—يَثْقُلُ عَنْ قُبُولِ مَا يُلْقَى إِلَيْهِ

[He was, or became, heavy, slow, sluggish, indolent, lazy, dull, torpid, or drowsy; wanting in alacrity, activity, agility, animation, spirit, or intelligence; stupid.]

1.1.6figurative · مجاز

Also said of the عَرْفَج and of the ثُمَام: its shoots became luxuriant, succulent, or sappy.

1.2he tried the weight of it, a thing, or a sheep or goat, by lifting it [with his hand] to see if it was heavy or light—ثَقَلَهُ بِيَدِهِ

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1.2.1the thing surpassed the thing in weight; it outweighed it—ثَقَلَ الشَّىْءُ الشَّىْءَ فِى الوَزْنِ

Muḍāriʿ and maṣdar as above.

1.2.2

See also form 2.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
7:8
وَٱلْوَزْنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْحَقُّ ۚ فَمَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ

The balance that day will be true (to nicety): those whose scale (of good) will be heavy, will prosper:

7:187
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا ۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّى ۖ لَا يُجَلِّيهَا لِوَقْتِهَآ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ ثَقُلَتْ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ لَا تَأْتِيكُمْ إِلَّا بَغْتَةً ۗ يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ كَأَنَّكَ حَفِىٌّ عَنْهَا ۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

They ask thee about the (final) Hour - when will be its appointed time? Say: "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord (alone): None but He can reveal as to when it will occur. Heavy were its burden through the heavens and the earth. Only, all of a sudden will it come to you." They ask thee as if thou Wert eager in search thereof: Say: "The knowledge thereof is with Allah (alone), but most men know not."

23:102
فَمَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ

Then those whose balance (of good deeds) is heavy,- they will attain salvation:

101:6
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, aor. ثَقُلَ , inf. n. ثِقَلٌ (S, Msb, K, &c.) and ثِقْلٌ , a contraction of the former, (Msb,) and ثَقَالَةٌ , (K, TA, in the CK ثِقالَة , but) like كَرَامَةٌ , (TA,) It (a thing, S, Msb) was, or became, heavy, weighty, or ponderous. (S, K.) [See ثِقَلٌ , below.] See also 4. [ It was, or became, heavy, weighty, or preponderant, ideally.] فَأَمَّا مَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ , in the Kur ci. 5, means And as to him whose good deeds shall be preponderant. (Bd, Jel.) [See also Kur vii. 7 and xxiii. 104.] [ It was, or became, heavy, or weighty, as meaning onerous, burdensome, oppressive, afflictive, grievous, or troublesome.] You say, ثَقُلَ القَوْلُ The saying was [heavy, or weighty, &c.; or] unpleasant to be heard. (TA.) And it is said in the Kur vii. 186, ثَقُلَتْ فِى السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ It (the time of the resurrection) will be momentous, or formidable, [in the heavens and on the earth, or] to the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth, (Bd, Jel,) to the angels and men and genii; app. alluding to the wisdom shown in concealing it: (Bd:) or it means the knowledge thereof [is difficult]: (Ibn-'Arafeh, TA:) or it is occult, or hidden. (Kt, TA.) [ ثَقُلَ is also said of a word, and of a sound, meaning It was heavy, or not easy, of utterance; or heavy to the ear: see 2. And of an affair, or action, meaning It was afflictive, grievous, troublesome, or difficult. In these and similar senses, it is trans. by means of عَلَى : you say, ثَقُلَ عَلَيْهِ It was, or became, heavy, weighty, onerous, &c., to him. In like manner also it is said of food, meaning It was, or became, heavy to the stomach; difficult of digestion.] You say also, ثَقُلَ سَمْعُهُ [His hearing was, or became, heavy; or] his hearing partially went. (K, TA.) He (a man) was, or became, heavy in sickness, or disease: [and in like manner, in his sleep:] the verb is thus, with damm to the ق ; though said in the K to be ثَقِلَ , like فَرِحَ , as meaning his disease became violent; (Fet-h el-Báree, TA;) not improbably through error or inadvertence. (MF.) [ He was, or became, heavy, slow, sluggish, indolent, lazy, dull, torpid, or drowsy; wanting in alacrity, activity, agility, animation, spirit, or intelligence; stupid.] You say, يَثْقُلُ عَنْ قُبُولِ مَا يُلْقَى إِلَيْهِ [He is averse from receiving, or accepting, or admitting, or is slow to receive, &c., what is said to him]. (TA.) Also, said of the عَرْفَج , and of the ثُمَام , Its shoots became luxuriant, or succulent, or sappy. (K, TA.) ثَقَلَهُ , (JK, S, K,) بِيَدِهِ , (K,) aor. ثَقُلَ , (TA,) inf. n. ثَقْلٌ , (K,) He tried the weight of it, (JK, S, K,) namely, a thing, (K,) or a sheep or goat, (S,) by lifting it [with his hand] to see if it were heavy or light. (S, TA.) ثَقَلَ الشَّىْءُ الشَّىْءَ فِى الوَزْنِ , aor. and inf. n. as above, (S,) The thing surpassed the thing in weight; outweighed it. (PS.) See also 2.
Form 2ثقّلهُ2 senses · 1 main
maṣdarتَثْقِيلٌ

Core sense — he made it, or him, heavygenerated

2.1he, or it, made it, or him, heavy, literally and figuratively—ثَقِيل

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تثقيل is the opposite of تَخْفِيفٌ and means the making heavy in weight; so also ثَقْلٌ, maṣdar of ثَقَلَهُ.

2.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

[Hence: he made a word or a sound heavy, or not easy, to utter, or heavy to the ear; and particularly a word, by pronouncing hemzeh with its true sound, which is commonly called تَحْقِيقُ الهَمْزَةِ and is opposed to تَخْفِيفُهَا, and by doubling a single consonant, and by making a sākin consonant movent. This use occurs often in dictionaries and grammars, opposed to خَفَّفَهُ.]

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, inf. n. تَثْقِيلٌ , He, or it, made it, or him, ثَقِيل [i. e. heavy, properly and tropically]: (K:) تثقيل is the contr. of تَخْفِيفٌ ; (S;) and signifies the making heavy in weight [&c.]; as also ثَقْلٌ [inf. n. of ثَقَلَهُ ]. (KL.) [Hence, He made it (a word or a sound) heavy, or not easy, of utterance; or heavy to the ear: and particularly a word by uttering hemzeh with its true, or proper, sound, which is commonly termed تَحْقِيقُ الهَمْزَةِ , and opposed to تَخْفِيفُهَا ; and by making a single consonant double; and by making a quiescent consonant movent: often occurring in these senses in lexicons and grammars: opposed to خَفَّفَهُ .]
Form 4اثقلهُ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — he burdened him heavily, he overburdened himgenerated

4.1

He, or it — a load, or a thing — burdened him; or burdened him heavily; or burdened him beyond his power, overburdened him.

4.1.1figurative · مجاز

In the latter sense it is said also of a debt, and of sickness or disease.

Or, said of sickness or disease, of sleep, and of meanness or sordidness: it burdened him, overcame him, and made him heavy.

4.2she became gravid; her burden became heavy in her belly—اثقلت

Said of a woman.

Or: she had a burden, because the child in her belly was large. Or: her pregnancy became apparent; so also ثَقُلَتْ.

Lane cites “Bd in vii. 189” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4
7:189
هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ وَجَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا لِيَسْكُنَ إِلَيْهَا ۖ فَلَمَّا تَغَشَّىٰهَا حَمَلَتْ حَمْلًا خَفِيفًا فَمَرَّتْ بِهِۦ ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَثْقَلَت دَّعَوَا ٱللَّهَ رَبَّهُمَا لَئِنْ ءَاتَيْتَنَا صَـٰلِحًا لَّنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَ

It is He Who created you from a single person, and made his mate of like nature, in order that he might dwell with her (in love). When they are united, she bears a light burden and carries it about (unnoticed). When she grows heavy, they both pray to Allah their Lord, (saying): "If Thou givest us a goodly child, we vow we shall (ever) be grateful."

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He, or it, (a load, S, or a thing, Msb,) [burdened him: or] burdened him heavily: (K:) or beyond his power; overburdened him. (JK, Msb, TA. *) In the latter sense, said also of a debt: and of sickness, or a disease: (JK:) or, said of sickness, or a disease, and of sleep, and of meanness, or sordidness, it [burdened him,] overcame him, and rendered him heavy. (K, * TA, * TK.) اثقلت , said of a woman, She became gravid; her burden became heavy in her belly: (S:) or she had a burden, (Akh, S, and Bd in vii. 189,) by reason of the greatness of the child in her belly: (Bd, Jel:) or her pregnancy became apparent, or manifest; as also ثَقُلَتْ . (K.)
Form 6تَثَاْقَلَ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he pressed his weight on it; he was sluggish and held backgenerated

6.1he pressed heavily, or bore his weight, upon a thing—تثاقل عَلَى شَىْءٍ

See مُتَثَاقِلٌ.

6.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthey were heavy, sluggish, or spiritless—تثاقلوا
he was, or became, heavy, slow, or sluggish, averse from warring against the unbelievers, and inclining to the ground—تثاقل إِلَى الأَرْضِ

They did not rise and hasten to the fight when commanded to do so.

This is the original form of the verb.

So in the S and K, in art. ارض.

he was, or became, heavy, slow, or sluggish, averse from warring against the unbelievers, and inclining to the ground—اِثَّاقَلَ الى الرض
he inclined to the present world—اِثَّاقَلَ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا
he was heavy, or sluggish, and held back from it—تثاقل عَنْهُ
Lane cites “Jel in ix. 38” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 6
9:38
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَا لَكُمْ إِذَا قِيلَ لَكُمُ ٱنفِرُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ٱثَّاقَلْتُمْ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ أَرَضِيتُم بِٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا مِنَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚ فَمَا مَتَـٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ

O ye who believe! what is the matter with you, that, when ye are asked to go forth in the cause of Allah, ye cling heavily to the earth? Do ye prefer the life of this world to the Hereafter? But little is the comfort of this life, as compared with the Hereafter.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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[ تثاقل عَلَى شَىْءٍ He pressed heavily, or bore his weight, upon a thing: see مُتَثَاقِلٌ .] تثاقلوا [They were heavy, sluggish, or spiritless:] they did not rise and hasten to the fight when commanded to do so. (IDrd, K.) And تثاقل إِلَى الأَرْضِ , (S and K in art. ارض , &c.,) and اِثَّاقَلَ الى الرض , the former being the original form of the verb, (Bd and Jel in ix. 38,) He was, or became, heavy, slow, or sluggish, (Bd, Jel,) averse from warring against the unbelievers, (Jel,) and inclining to the earth, or ground; (Bd, Jel;) or propending thereto. (Bd.) And اِثَّاقَلَ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا He propended to the present world. (TA.) And تثاقل عَنْهُ He was heavy, or sluggish, and held back from it. (K.)
Form 10استثقلهُ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he deemed it, or him, heavy or burdensomegenerated

10.1he deemed it, or him, heavy, literally and figuratively—ثَقِيل

It is the opposite of اِسْتَخَفَّهُ; so in art. خف.

10.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

[Hence: he deemed a word or a sound heavy, or not easy, to utter, or heavy to the ear; frequent in this sense in dictionaries and grammars.]

10.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredhe was overcome, and made heavy, by sleep—اُسْتُثْقِلَ نَوْمًا

In the same way, مَرَضًا by sickness or disease, and لُؤْمًا by meanness or sordidness. See its ism mafʿūl below.

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contr. of اِسْتَخَفَّهُ ; (S and K and TA in art. خف ;) He deemed it, or him, ثَقِيل [i. e. heavy, properly and tropically]. (TA in that art.) [Hence, He deemed it (a word or a sound) heavy, or not easy, of utterance; or heavy to the ear: often occurring in this sense in lexicons and grammars.] اُسْتُثْقِلَ نَوْمًا [He was overcome, and rendered heavy, by sleep: and in like manner, مَرَضًا , by sickness or disease: and لُؤْمًا , by meanness or sordidness: see its pass. part. n., below]. (JK.)

Derived nouns 20

Nounثِقْلٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — weight; a load, or heavy burden; buried treasures; sinsgenerated

1give him his, or its, weight—أَعْطِهِ ثِقْلَهُ

Weight, or a weight; synonym وَزْنٌ; plural أَثْقَالٌ.

See also مِثْقَالٌ.

he threw his weight upon him—أَلْقَى عَلَيْهِ ثِقْلَهُ

See مِثْقَالٌ, last sentence, and see جِرْمٌ.

So in the S, in art. اوق, according to different copies.

he threw his weight upon him—ثِقَلَهُ
1.1and they carry your loads, or your heavy burdens—وَتَحْمِلُ أَثْقَالَكُمْ

In the Qurʾān 16:7.

And a load, or burden; or a heavy load or burden; plural as above.

Qur’ān 16:7 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xvi. 7”
Qur’ān 16:7 Lane quotes this verse
وَتَحْمِلُ أَثْقَالَكُمْ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٍ لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ بَـٰلِغِيهِ إِلَّا بِشِقِّ ٱلْأَنفُسِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

And they carry your heavy loads to lands that ye could not (otherwise) reach except with souls distressed: for your Lord is indeed Most Kind, Most Merciful,Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.2figurative · مجاز

أَثْقَالٌ — as plural of ثِقْلٌ, or, according to Bd, of ثَقَلٌ — also means the treasures, or buried treasures, of the earth, and its dead, or corpses.

Lane cites “Jel in xcix. 2” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
1.3figurative · مجازand they shall assuredly bear their sins, and sins with their sins—وَلَيَحْمِلُنَّ أَثْقَالَهُمْ وَأَثْقَالًا مَعَ أَثْقَالِهِمْ

Also, as plural of ثِقْلٌ: sins.

So in the saying in the Qurʾān 29:12; the added sins are those of others whom they have led astray.

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Weight: or a weight: syn. وَزْنٌ : (S, Msb, KL:) pl. أَثْقَالٌ . (S.) So in the phrase أَعْطِهِ ثِقْلَهُ [Give thou him his, or its, weight]. (S, Msb.) See also مِثْقَالٌ . You say also, أَلْقَى عَلَيْهِ ثِقْلَهُ or ثِقَلَهُ [He threw upon him his weight: see مِثْقَالٌ , last sentence: and see جِرْمٌ ]. (S in art. اوق &c., accord. to different copies.) And A load, or burden: (KL:) or a heavy load or burden: pl. as above. (K.) وَتَحْمِلُ أَثْقَالَكُمْ , in the Kur xvi. 7, means And they carry your loads, or burdens; (Bd;) or your heavy loads or burdens. (TA.) أَثْقَالٌ (as pl. of ثِقْلٌ , K, or of ثَقَلٌ , Bd) also signifies The treasures, or buried treasures, of the earth: and its dead, or corpses. (K, TA, and Bd and Jel in xcix. 2.) Also (as pl. of ثِقْلٌ , K) Sins. (JK, K.) So in the saying in the Kur [xxix. 12], وَلَيَحْمِلُنَّ أَثْقَالَهُمْ وَأَثْقَالًا مَعَ أَثْقَالِهِمْ [And they shall assuredly bear their sins, and sins (of others whom they have seduced) with their sins]. (TA.)
Nounثَقَلٌ6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a man's baggage and household goods; his tools; something highly prizedgenerated

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A thing, or things, that a man has with him, of the kind that burden him; and particularly household goods, or furniture and utensils; and, according to El-Fārābī, the household and kindred and party, or domestics or servants, of a man or of a traveller; or a man's travelling gear, baggage and train.

Plural أَثْقَالٌ, with which ثَقِلَةٌ is synonymous, as are ثَقَلَةٌ, ثِقْلَةٌ, ثَقْلَةٌ and ثِقَلَةٌ, meaning all the household goods, furniture and utensils of people going on a journey.

Lane cites “Bd in xcix. 2” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
1.1

See also ثِقْلٌ.

1.2figurative · مجاز

The requisites and apparatus, instruments, tools, or the like, of a man: for instance, the books and writing-reeds of a learned man. Every craftsman has what is so called.

Iyās Eṭ-Ṭāʾī says:

shāhid
كِلَا ثَقَلَيْنَا طَامِعٌ بِغَنِيمَةٍ

— by which he means: each of our two armies, the possessors of the ثَقَلَانِ [or apparatus, or weapons, of war, is longing for spoil].

Or an army may be called ثَقَلٌ because it is heavy in assault.

1.3I am leaving among you the two objects of high esteem and care: the Book of God, and my near kindred—إِنِّى تَارِكٌ فِيكُمُ الثَّقَلَيْنِ كِتَابَ ٱللّٰهِ وَعِتْرَتِى

Or they are so called because of the heaviness of acting as they require; or as being likened to the requisites and apparatus, instruments or tools of a man.

Anything held in high esteem, in much request, and preserved with care. Hence this tradition.

1.4

Also eggs of the ostrich; because whoever takes them rejoices in them, and they are food.

1.5mankind and the jinn—الثَّقَلَانِ

So called because the discrimination they possess makes them excel other living beings. It may also mean the Arabs and the foreigners, or mankind and other living beings.

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A thing, or things, that a man has with him, of such things as burden him: (Ham p. 295:) [and particularly] the household-goods, or furniture and utensils, (El-Fárábee, JK, S, Mgh, Msb, K, Ham ubi suprà, and Bd in xcix. 2,) and (accord. to El-Fárábee, Msb) the household and kindred and party, or domestics, or servants, (JK, S, Mgh, Msb, K, and Ham,) of a man, (Ham,) or of a traveller: (JK, S, Mgh, Msb, K:) [or the travelling-apparatus and baggage and train, of a man:] pl. أَثْقَالٌ ; (JK, S, Mgh, Msb, K; *) with which ثَقِلَةٌ is syn., (JK, S, K,) as are also ثَقَلَةٌ and ثِقْلَةٌ and ثَقْلَةٌ and ثِقَلَةٌ ; (K;) as meaning all the household-goods or furniture and utensils of persons going on a journey. (S, K.) See also ثِقْلٌ . The requisites and apparatus, instruments, tools, or the like, of a man: (Ham ubi suprà:) as, for instance, the books and writing-reeds of the learned man: every craftsman has what is thus termed. (TA.) By the saying 1 the author thereof, Iyás Et-Tá-ee, means Each of our two armies, the possessors of the ثَقَلَانِ [or apparatus, or weapons, &c., of war, is longing for spoil]: or an army may be termed ثَقَلٌ because it is heavy in assault. (Ham ubi suprà.) كِلَا ثَقَلَيْنَا طَامِعٌ بِغَنِيمَةٍ Anything held in high estimation, in much request, and preserved with care. (K, TA.) Hence the trad., إِنِّى تَارِكٌ فِيكُمُ الثَّقَلَيْنِ كِتَابَ ٱللّٰهِ وَعِتْرَتِى [Verily I am leaving among you the two objects of high estimation and of care, the Book of God, and my kindred, or near kindred]: (K:) or they are thus called because of the heaviness of acting in the manner required by them: (Th, TA:) or as being likened to the requisites and apparatus, instruments, tools, or the like, of a man. (Ham ubi suprà.) Also Eggs of the ostrich; because he who takes them rejoices in them, and they are food. (TA.) الثَّقَلَانِ Mankind and the jinn or genii; (S, Msb, K;) because, by the discrimination that they possess, they excel other animate beings. (TA.) It may also mean The Arabs and the foreigners: or mankind and other animate beings. (Ham ubi suprà.)
Nounثِقَلٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — heaviness, weight, gravity; preponderancegenerated

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Heaviness; weight, or weightiness; ponderousness; gravity; the opposite of خِفَّةٌ.

Er-Rāghib: and preponderance; in its primary use it relates to bodily things, then to ideal things.

See ثَقُلَ throughout.

See also ثِقْلٌ.

1.1figurative · مجازin his ear is a heaviness, or dulness—فِى أُذُنِهِ ثِقَلٌ

Said of one whose hearing is not good, as though he were averse from accepting, or slow to receive, what is said to him.

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Heaviness; weight, or weightiness; ponderousness; gravity; contr. of خِفَّةٌ : (S, K, and Er-Rághib:) and preponderance: in its primary acceptation, relating to corporeal objects: then, to ideal objects. (Er-Rághib, TA. [See ثَقُلَ , throughout.]) See also ثِقْلٌ . فِى أُذُنِهِ ثِقَلٌ [In his ear is a heaviness, or dulness,] is said of him whose hearing is not good; as though he were averse from receiving, or accepting, or admitting, or slow to receive, &c., what is said to him. (TA.)
Nounثَقْلَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a fit of drowsiness; a heaviness felt from foodgenerated

1

See ثَقَلٌ.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

Also a fit of drowsiness, or of slumber, that overcomes one; and a heaviness felt in the chest, or in the body, from food; so also ثَقَلَةٌ.

Or the first word, or the second, means a heaviness and languor in the body; and the second, a heaviness felt on the heart.

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: see ثَقَلٌ . Also A fit of drowsiness, or of slumber, that overcomes one: (JK, M, K:) and a heaviness experienced in the chest, (K, TA,) or in the body, (TA,) from food: as also ثَقَلَةٌ : (K, TA:) or the former, or ↓ the latter, (accord. to different copies of the S,) a heaviness and languor in the body: (S:) and ↓ the latter, a heaviness that is experienced on the heart. (JK.)
Nounثِقْلَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a heaviness felt in the body or on the heartgenerated

1

See ثَقَلٌ.

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: see ثَقَلٌ .
Nounثَقَلَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a heaviness in the body; men whose company is dislikedgenerated

1

See ثَقَلٌ.

1.1

And see ثَقْلَةٌ, in three places.

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: see ثَقَلٌ : and see ثَقْلَةٌ , in three places.
Nounثَقِلَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a heaviness and languor in the bodygenerated

1

See ثَقَلٌ.

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: see ثَقَلٌ .
Nounثِقَلَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — men whose company is disliked, felt as heavygenerated

1

See ثَقَلٌ.

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: see ثَقَلٌ .
Nounثَقَالٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — heavy, slow; said of a woman, large in the posteriorsgenerated

1

See ثَقِيلٌ, in two places.

1.1

Also, applied to a woman: heavy; large in the hinder part, or posteriors; or heavy in an ideal sense.

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: see ثَقِيلٌ , in two places. Also, applied to a woman, (JK, S, K,) Heavy; (S;) large in the hinder part, or posteriors: (JK, * S, * K, TA:) or heavy (K, TA) in an ideal sense. (TA.)
Nounثُقَالٌ1 sense

Core sense — heavy, weightygenerated

1

See ثَقِيلٌ.

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: see ثَقِيلٌ .
Nounثَقِيلٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — heavy, weighty; burdensome; slow, sluggish; disliked as companygenerated

1

Ism fāʿil of ثَقُلَ: heavy, weighty, or ponderous.

Er-Rāghib: and heavy in relation to another thing, preponderant; primarily applied to a bodily thing.

ثَقَالٌ and ثُقَالٌ mean the same. Plural ثِقَالٌ, ثُقْلٌ and ثُقَلَآءُ — though this last seems to be applied only to rational beings, as analogy requires.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferreda heavy, or weighty, saying—قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا

Er-Rāghib: like its verb, it is also applied to an ideal thing. [So it means heavy, or weighty, in the sense of onerous, burdensome, oppressive, afflictive, grievous, or troublesome; momentous, or formidable; difficult; heavy, or not easy, to utter, or heavy to the ear, said of a word and of a sound, and particularly of a word in which a single consonant is doubled, or in which a sākin consonant is made movent, like مُثَقَّلٌ; heavy to the stomach, difficult of digestion; heavy, said of the hearing: see the verb.]

the heavy-sounding ن—النُّونُ الثَّقِيلَةُ

In the Qurʾān 73:5.

As in يَفْعَلَنَّ; the opposite of الخَفِيفَةُ. See art. خف.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredyou are heavy, or dull, to the companions you sit with—أَنْتَ ثَقِيلٌ عَلَى جُلَسَائِكَ

Applied to a man: heavy in sickness, or disease, or suffering a violent disease; and heavy, slow, sluggish, indolent, lazy, dull, torpid, or drowsy; wanting in alacrity, activity, agility, animation, spirit, or intelligence; stupid.

So also is مُسْتَثْقَلٌ, which particularly means overcome, and made heavy, by sleep, by sickness or disease, and by meanness or sordidness.

ثِقَالُ النَّاسِ — expressly said to be with kesra, though the CK wrongly gives ثُقال — and ثُقَلَآءُ الناس mean men whose company is disliked, whom others find heavy; each is a plural of ثَقِيلٌ.

you are no other than one who casts a gloom upon others and chills them — literally, heavy of shade, cold of breeze—مَا أَنْتَ إِلَّا ثَقِيلُ الظِّلِّ بَارِدُ النَّسِيمِ

Said to one who is ثَقِيل; see art. نسم.

Er-Rāghib: ثَقِيلٌ, applied to a man, is mostly used in blame, but sometimes in praise; used in praise it means grave, staid, steady, sedate, or calm.

Applied to a horse: slow; and so is ثَقَالٌ applied to a camel; the same meaning is also assigned to ثَفَالٌ with ف, and to مُثْقَلٌ applied to a horse or the like.

go out to fight, prompt and not prompt—اِنْفِرُوا خِفَافًا وَثِقَالًا

In the Qurʾān 9:41. Katādeh: prompt and not prompt; or whether moving is easy for you or difficult; or riding and walking; or lightly armed and heavily armed; or healthy and sick; or strong and weak; or rich and poor; or young and old.

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part. n. of ثَقُلَ ; (S, Msb, K;) Heavy, weighty, or ponderous: (S, K, and Er-Rághib:) and so in relation to another thing; preponderant: primarily applied to a corporeal thing: (Er-Rághib, TA:) and ثَقَالٌ and ثُقَالٌ signify the same: (K:) pl. ثِقَالٌ and ثُقْلٌ and ثُقَلَآءُ [which last, however, seems to be applied only to rational beings, agreeably with analogy]. (K.) [Like its verb,] it is also applied to an ideal thing. (Er-Rághib, TA.) [Thus it signifies Heavy, or weighty, in the sense of onerous, burdensome, oppressive, afflictive, grievous, or troublesome: momentous, or formidable: difficult: heavy, or not easy, of utterance; or heavy to the ear; applied to a word and a sound; and particularly to a word in which a single consonant is made double, and to one in which a quiescent consonant is made movent, like مُثَقَّلٌ : heavy to the stomach; difficult of digestion: heavy applied to the hearing: see the verb.] قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا , in the Kur [lxxiii. 5], means A heavy, or weighty, saying. (TA.) النُّونُ الثَّقِيلَةُ means [The heavy-sounding ن ; as in يَفْعَلَنَّ &c.;] the contr. of الخَفِيفَةُ . (TA in art. خف .) It is also applied to a man, (JK,) meaning [Heavy in sickness, or disease; or] suffering a violent disease: (K:) [and heavy, slow, sluggish, indolent, lazy, dull, torpid, or drowsy; wanting in alacrity, activity, agility, animation, spirit, or intelligence; stupid:] and so is مُسْتَثْقَلٌ : (JK:) which also means, particularly, overcome, and rendered heavy, by sleep ( نَوْمًا ), (JK, * K, * TK,) and by sickness or disease ( مَرَضًا ), and by meanness or sordidness ( لُؤْمًا ). (K.) ثِقَالُ النَّاسِ [expressly said in the TA to be with kesr, but in the CK, erroneously, ثُقال ,] and ثُقَلَآءُ الناس mean Those men whose company is disliked; (K;) whom others deem heavy: each is pl. of ثَقِيلٌ . (TA.) One says, أَنْتَ ثَقِيلٌ عَلَى جُلَسَائِكَ [Thou art heavy, or dull, or unwelcome, to thy companions with whom thou sittest]. (TA.) And (to him who is ثَقِيل , TA in art. نسم ,) مَا أَنْتَ إِلَّا ثَقِيلُ الظِّلِّ بَارِدُ النَّسِيمِ [Thou art no other than one who casts a gloom upon others, and chills them: lit., heavy of shade, or shadow; cold of breeze]. (TA.) ثَقِيلٌ , applied to a man, is mostly used in dispraise: but sometimes, in praise: (Er-Rághib, TA:) used in praise, it signifies Grave, staid, steady, sedate, or calm. (Kull.) Applied to a horse, Slow; (Kull;) and so ثَقَالٌ applied to a camel; (K;) a meaning also assigned to ثَفَالٌ , with ف ; (TA;) and مُثْقَلٌ , applied to a horse or the like. (JK.) اِنْفِرُوا خِفَافًا وَثِقَالًا , in the Kur [ix. 41], means [Go ye forth to fight] prompt and not prompt: (Katádeh, Bd, Jel, TA:) or whether moving be easy to you or difficult: (Bd, * TA:) or riding and walking: or lightly armed and heavily armed: or healthy and sick: (Bd:) or strong and weak: (Jel:) or rich and poor: (Jel, TA:) or young and old. (TA.)
Nounثَاقِلٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — of full weight, not deficient; heavy from sicknessgenerated

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A dīnār of full weight, not deficient; plural ثَوَاقِلُ.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe became, or became in the morning, heavy from sickness or disease—أَصْبَحَ ثَاقِلًا

So according to Aboo-Naṣr.

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A deenár of full weight; (Z;) not deficient: (S, K:) pl. ثَوَاقِلُ . (S, Z, K.) أَصْبَحَ ثَاقِلًا He became, or became in the morning, heavy by reason of sickness, or disease. (Aboo-Nasr, K, TA.)
Nounأَثْقَلُ1 sense

Core sense — more heavy, most heavygenerated

1

More, and most, heavy.

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More [and most] heavy. (TA.)
Nounمُثْقَلٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — heavily burdened, overburdened; weighed down by sickness or debtgenerated

1

Heavily burdened; or burdened beyond his power, overburdened.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

Weighed down, or oppressed, by sickness, or disease, and by debt.

1.2

See also ثَقِيلٌ.

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Heavily burdened: (TA:) or burdened beyond his power; overburdened. (JK, TA.) Weighed down, or oppressed, by sickness, or disease, (JK,) and by debt. (JK, Er-Rághib.) See also ثَقِيلٌ .
Nounمُثْقِلٌ1 sense

Core sense — said of a woman, gravid, visibly pregnantgenerated

1

Applied to a woman: gravid, whose burden has become heavy in her belly; or whose pregnancy has become apparent.

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, applied to a woman, Gravid; whose burden has become heavy in her belly: (S:) or whose pregnancy has become apparent, or manifest. (K.)
Nounمُثَقَّلٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — made heavy; ill received, disapprovedgenerated

1

See ثَقِيلٌ.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

Also: ill received; disapproved; not made an object of love to hearts.

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: see ثَقِيلٌ . Also Ill received; disapproved; not rendered an object of love to hearts. (Ham p. 37.)
Nounمُثَقَّلَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a piece of marble by which a carpet is made heavygenerated

1

A stone of marble; a piece of marble by which a carpet is made heavy.

By rule it should be with kesra on the ق.

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A stone of marble; (JK;) a piece of marble by which a carpet is made heavy: (K:) by rule it should be with kesr to the ق . (TA.)
Nounمِثْقَالٌ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the weight of a thing; a known weight; a gold coingenerated

1there is not hidden from your Lord anything of the weight of the smallest ant—مَا يَعْزُبُ عَنْ رَبِّكَ مِنْ مِثْقَالِ ذَرَّةٍ

The weight of a thing, of the like of it [but why this is added I do not see]; that is, its equal in weight, its quantity.

In the Qurʾān 10:62. Or it means a thing equal in weight to a small ant, or to the motes that are seen in a ray of sunlight entering through an opening.

Qur’ān 10:61 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur x. 62”
Lane cites “Jel in iv. 44” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
Lane cites “Bd in x. 62” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
Lane cites “Bd in xxi. 48” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
Qur’ān 10:61 Lane quotes this verse
وَمَا تَكُونُ فِى شَأْنٍ وَمَا تَتْلُوا۟ مِنْهُ مِن قُرْءَانٍ وَلَا تَعْمَلُونَ مِنْ عَمَلٍ إِلَّا كُنَّا عَلَيْكُمْ شُهُودًا إِذْ تُفِيضُونَ فِيهِ ۚ وَمَا يَعْزُبُ عَن رَّبِّكَ مِن مِّثْقَالِ ذَرَّةٍ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَآ أَصْغَرَ مِن ذَٰلِكَ وَلَآ أَكْبَرَ إِلَّا فِى كِتَـٰبٍ مُّبِينٍ

In whatever business thou mayest be, and whatever portion thou mayest be reciting from the Qur'an,- and whatever deed ye (mankind) may be doing,- We are witnesses thereof when ye are deeply engrossed therein. Nor is hidden from thy Lord (so much as) the weight of an atom on the earth or in heaven. And not the least and not the greatest of these things but are recorded in a clear record.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1

Er-Rāghib: a thing with which one weighs; also ثِقْلٌ, that is, any of the weights of the balance.

1.2

A certain weight, of well-known quantity: a dirhem and three sevenths of a dirhem, that is, the seventh part of ten dirhems.

Or a dirhem and a half, as it is in the present day, that is, seventy-two shaʿeerehs (El-Karmānī); or twenty keeráts (Hidāyeh).

1.3

A certain coin; the same as دِينَارٌ; a مِثْقَال of gold. Plural مَثَاقِيلُ.

1.4he threw upon him his weight, or burden—أَلْقَى عَلَيْهِ مَثَاقِيلَهُ

Synonym مَؤُونَتَهُ, perhaps meaning the burden of supporting him. So according to Aboo-Naṣr.

See also ثِقْلٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences مِثْقَال 5 shown of 8
4:40
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَظْلِمُ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ ۖ وَإِن تَكُ حَسَنَةً يُضَـٰعِفْهَا وَيُؤْتِ مِن لَّدُنْهُ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا

Allah is never unjust in the least degree: If there is any good (done), He doubleth it, and giveth from His own presence a great reward.

21:47
وَنَضَعُ ٱلْمَوَٰزِينَ ٱلْقِسْطَ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ فَلَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْـًٔا ۖ وَإِن كَانَ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ أَتَيْنَا بِهَا ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِنَا حَـٰسِبِينَ

We shall set up scales of justice for the Day of Judgment, so that not a soul will be dealt with unjustly in the least, and if there be (no more than) the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it (to account): and enough are We to take account.

31:16
يَـٰبُنَىَّ إِنَّهَآ إِن تَكُ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ فَتَكُن فِى صَخْرَةٍ أَوْ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ أَوْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَأْتِ بِهَا ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَطِيفٌ خَبِيرٌ

"O my son!" (said Luqman), "If there be (but) the weight of a mustard-seed and it were (hidden) in a rock, or (anywhere) in the heavens or on earth, Allah will bring it forth: for Allah understands the finest mysteries, (and) is well-acquainted (with them).

99:7
فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُۥ

Then shall anyone who has done an atom's weight of good, see it!

99:8
وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُۥ

And anyone who has done an atom's weight of evil, shall see it.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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The weight ( مِيزَان , JK, S, K, or وَزْن , Msb, TA, and Jel in iv. 44 and x. 62 and xxi. 48, or زِنَة , TA) of a thing, (JK, S, Msb, K,) of the like thereof ( مِنْ مِثْلِهِ [but why this is added I do not see]); (S, Msb, K;) [i. e.] its equal in weight; (PS, and Bd in x. 62;) its quantity ( مِقْدَار ). (Bd in xxi. 48.) مَا يَعْزُبُ عَنْ رَبِّكَ مِنْ مِثْقَالِ ذَرَّةٍ , in the Kur x. 62, means There is not hidden from thy Lord aught of the weight of the smallest ant: (Jel:) or a thing equal in weight to a small ant; or to the motes that are seen in a ray of the sun that enters through an aperture. (Bd.) A thing with which one weights; as also ثِقْلٌ ; i. e., any of the weights of the balance. (Er-Rághib, TA.) A certain weight, of which the quantity is well known; (JK;) a dirhem and three sevenths of a dirhem; (Msb, and K in art. مك ;) i. e., the seventh part of ten dirhems: (Msb:) or [a dirhem and a half; so in the present day; i. e.,] seventy-two sha'eerehs: (El-Karmánee, TA:) or twenty keeráts. (Hidáyeh, TA.) [A certain coin;] i. q. دِينَارٌ , q. v.; (Msb in art. دنر ;) a مِثْقَال of gold: pl. مَثَاقِيلُ . (S, K.) أَلْقَى عَلَيْهِ مَثَاقِيلَهُ He threw upon him his weight, or burden; syn. مَؤُونَتَهُ [perhaps meaning the burden of supporting him]. (Aboo-Nasr, S, K.) [See also ثِقْلٌ .]
Nounمُتَثَاقِلٌ1 sense

Core sense — bearing one's weight upon a thing, pressing heavilygenerated

1he trod upon him, or it, with the tread of one who bears his weight, or presses heavily—وَطِئَهُ وَطْأَةَ المُتَثَاقِلِ

Bearing one's weight upon a thing; hence this saying.

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Bearing one's weight upon a thing: whence the saying, وَطِئَهُ وَطْأَةَ المُتَثَاقِلِ [He trod upon him, or it, with the tread of him who bears his weight, or presses heavily]. (TA.)
Nounمُسْتَثْقَلٌ1 sense

Core sense — deemed heavy, found burdensomegenerated

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See ثَقِيلٌ.

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: see ثَقِيلٌ .