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Form 1ضَاقَ1 sense
maṣdarضَيْقٌ ضِيقٌmuḍāriʿيَضِيقُ يَضَِيقُ

Core sense — it was, or became, narrow, or strait; he was niggardlygenerated

1.1figurative · مجازit was, or became, made narrow, or strait—تضيّق

It was, or became, narrow, or strait; the opposite of اِتَّسَعَ., or this last is a simple noun.

it was, or became, narrow, or strait—تضايق

[Or rather this signifies it was, or became, rendered narrow, or strait, being quasi-passive of Form 2.]

Said of a thing, and of a place. [See also ضَيْقٌ below.]

the earth became strait to them—ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ
the earth, or land, became narrow, or strait, with him—ضَاقَتْ بِهِ الأَرْضُ
it was, or became, choked, or overfilled, with it—ضاق بِهِ

Qur’ān 9:119.

'Amr Ibn-El-Ahtam says: [By your life, or by your religion, countries have not become narrow with their inhabitants, but the dispositions of the men become narrow]

shāhid
لَعَمْرُكَ مَا ضَاقَتْ بِلَادٌ بِأَهْلِهَاوَلٰكِنَّ أَخْلَاقَ الرِّجَالِ تَضِيقُ

تضايق به is often used in the same sense; for instance, of a water-course with water, and of a place with people.

the affair was, or became, strait to him—تضايق بِهِ الأَمْرُ

That is, ضاق عَلَيْهِ. [See an example in the entry رحب, Form 6.]

One also says ضاق عَلَيْهِ مَعَاشُهُ: see Form 4.

the time became strait, or contracted—ضاق الوَقْتُ
his bosom, or mind, became strait, or contracted—ضاق صَدْرُهُ
your mind became so contracted as to be incapable of it, or your mind shrank from it—ضاق عَنْهُ صَدْرُكَ
the intellect is incapable of determining its limit, or limits—يَضِيقُ العَقْلُ عَنْ تَقْدِيرِهِ
he was straitened, or embarrassed, so as to be unable to reply—ضاق عَنِ الجَوَابِ
he was incapable of replying, or answering—بِالجَوَابِ

Both expressions mean the same. See the entry زند.

the thing, or affair, was difficult, or distressing, to him—ضاق بالأَمْرِ ذَرْعًا

Originally ضاق ذَرْعُهُ بِهِ, that is, his ability [was straitened by it, or was inadequate to it]; and his power; or his art, artifice, or cunning; or his way, course, or manner of acting [was straitened, or made difficult, by it].

See more under ذَرْعٌ, and a similar phrase in the Qur’ān 11:79 and 29:32.

the property was inadequate to the debts—ضاق المَالُ عَنِ الدُّيُونِ
the thing was not allowable to you—ضاق عَنْكَ الشَّىْءُ

This saying is apparently derived from the last.

That is, لَمْ يَسَعْكَ.

a thing will not be allowable to me while it is disallowable to you—لَا يَسَعُنِى شَىْءٌ وَيَضِيقَ عَنْكَ

[In the O this is written wrongly as لا يستغنى.]

That is, وَأَنْ يَضِيقَ عَنْكَ, where وَأَنْ يَضِيقٌ means مَعَ ضَيْقِهِ.

but when a thing is allowable to me, it is allowable to you—بَلْ مَتَى وَسِعَنِى شَىْءٌ وَسِعَكَ

See the entry وسع.

he was, or became, niggardly, or avaricious—ضاق

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Qur’ān 9:118 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur ix. 119”
Qur’ān 11:77 approximate — somewhere between 11:44 and 11:82 Lane cites “Kur xi. 79”
Qur’ān 9:118 Lane quotes this verse
وَعَلَى ٱلثَّلَـٰثَةِ ٱلَّذِينَ خُلِّفُوا۟ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنفُسُهُمْ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَن لَّا مَلْجَأَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّآ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ تَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَتُوبُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

(He turned in mercy also) to the three who were left behind; (they felt guilty) to such a degree that the earth seemed constrained to them, for all its spaciousness, and their (very) souls seemed straitened to them,- and they perceived that there is no fleeing from Allah (and no refuge) but to Himself. Then He turned to them, that they might repent: for Allah is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

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15:97
وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ

We do indeed know how thy heart is distressed at what they say.

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, aor. يَضِيقُ , inf. n. ضَيْقٌ (S, O, Msb, K) and ضِيقٌ , (S, O, K,) or this latter is a simple subst., (Msb,) It was, or became, narrow, or strait; contr. of اِتَّسَعَ ; (Msb, K;) as also تضيّق , [or rather this signifies it was, or became, rendered narrow, or strait, being quasipass. of 2,] and تضايق : (K:) it is said of a thing, (S, O, Msb,) and of a place. (Msb.) [See also ضَيْقٌ below.] ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ , in the Kur ix. 119, means The earth became strait to them. (Bd, Jel.) And one says, ضَاقَتْ بِهِ الأَرْضُ [meaning, in like manner, The earth, or land, became narrow, or strait, with him]: 'Amr Ibn-El-Ahtam says, 1 [By thy life, or by thy religion, countries have not become narrow with their inhabitants, but the dispositions of the men become narrow]. (O, TA.) [ ضاق بِهِ often signifies, and so does تضايق به , It was, or became, choked, surcharged, or overfilled, with it; for instance, a water-course with water, and a place with people.] And تضايق بِهِ الأَمْرُ means ضاق عَلَيْهِ [The affair was, or became, strait to him]. (O, TA. [See an ex. in art. رحب , conj. 6.]) One says also, ضاق عَلَيْهِ مَعَاشُهُ : see 4. [And ضاق الوَقْتُ The time became strait, or contracted.] And ضاق صَدْرُهُ His bosom, or mind, became strait, or contracted: (Msb:) and ضاق عَنْهُ صَدْرُكَ [Thy mind became so contracted as to be incapable of it: or thy mind shrank from it]. (K.) [And يَضِيقُ العَقْلُ عَنْ تَقْدِيرِهِ The intellect is incapable of determining its limit, or limits, or the like.] And ضاق عَنِ الجَوَابِ and بِالجَوَابِ [He was straitened, or embarrassed, so as to be unable to reply, or to answer; he was incapable of replying, or answering]: both signify the same. (TA in art. زند .) And ضاق بالأَمْرِ ذَرْعًا , (S, * O, * Msb,) meaning The thing, or affair, was difficult, or distressing, to him, (Msb,) originally ضاق ذَرْعُهُ بِهِ , (S, * O, * Msb,) i. e. his ability [was straitened by it, or was inadequate to it]; and his power: (Msb:) or his art, or artifice, or cunning: or his way, course, mode, or manner, of acting ( مَذْهَبُهُ ) [was straitened, or rendered difficult, or distressing, by it]. (O. [See more voce ذَرْعٌ : and see a similar phrase in the Kur xi. 79 and xxix. 32.]) And hence, app., the saying ضاق المَالُ عَنِ الدُّيُونِ The property was inadequate to the debts. (Msb.) And you say, ضاق عَنْكَ الشَّىْءُ [meaning لَمْ يَسَعْكَ The thing was not allowable to thee]: one says, لَا يَسَعُنِى شَىْءٌ وَيَضِيقَ عَنْكَ , (S, O, * TA, [in the O, erroneously, لا يستغنى ,]) i. e. وَأَنْ يَضِيقَ عَنْكَ [A thing will not be allowable to me conjointly with its being disallowable to thee, وَأَنْ يَضِيقٌ meaning مَعَ ضَيْقِهِ ]: بَلْ مَتَى وَسِعَنِى شَىْءٌ وَسِعَكَ [but when a thing is allowable to me, it is allowable to thee]. (S in art. وسع .) And ضاق , (aor. يَضَِيقُ , K, inf. n. ضِيقٌ , TA,) He was or became, niggardly, or avaricious. (S, O, Msb, K, TA.) لَعَمْرُكَ مَا ضَاقَتْ بِلَادٌ بِأَهْلِهَا | وَلٰكِنَّ أَخْلَاقَ الرِّجَالِ تَضِيقُ
Form 2ضيّقهُ1 sense
maṣdarتَضْيِيقٌ

Core sense — he made it narrow, or strait; he straitened himgenerated

2.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe made it strait, or narrow—اضاقهُ

He made it strait, or narrow; namely, a place [&c.]..

maṣdar إِضَاقَةٌ.

I straitened, or made narrow, to him the place, or the thing—ضَيَّقْتُ عَلَيْهِ المَكَانَ

Or الشَّىْءَ; also meaning I scanted it, or made it scanty. The opposite of وَسَّعْتُهُ عَلَيْهِ.

I straitened him—ضَيَّقْتُ عَلَيْهِ
such a one was straitened—ضُيِّقَ عَلَى فُلَانٍ
in order that you may straiten them—لِتُضَيِّقُوا عَلَيْهِنَّ

Used alone, with a word left out: I straitened him properly speaking, and also his circumstances and the like.

Qur’ān 65:6. It relates both to expenses and to the bosom. See Form 3.

التَّضْيِيقُ بَيْنَ شَيْئَيْنِ, which occurs in the entry حوص, means the making a narrowing between two things.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 2
65:6
أَسْكِنُوهُنَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ سَكَنتُم مِّن وُجْدِكُمْ وَلَا تُضَآرُّوهُنَّ لِتُضَيِّقُوا۟ عَلَيْهِنَّ ۚ وَإِن كُنَّ أُو۟لَـٰتِ حَمْلٍ فَأَنفِقُوا۟ عَلَيْهِنَّ حَتَّىٰ يَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّ ۚ فَإِنْ أَرْضَعْنَ لَكُمْ فَـَٔاتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ ۖ وَأْتَمِرُوا۟ بَيْنَكُم بِمَعْرُوفٍ ۖ وَإِن تَعَاسَرْتُمْ فَسَتُرْضِعُ لَهُۥٓ أُخْرَىٰ

Let the women live (in 'iddat) in the same style as ye live, according to your means: Annoy them not, so as to restrict them. And if they carry (life in their wombs), then spend (your substance) on them until they deliver their burden: and if they suckle your (offspring), give them their recompense: and take mutual counsel together, according to what is just and reasonable. And if ye find yourselves in difficulties, let another woman suckle (the child) on the (father's) behalf.

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, (Msb, K,) inf. n. تَضْيِيقٌ , (Msb, TA,) He made it strait, or narrow; (Msb, K;) namely, a place [&c.]; (Msb;) as also اضاقهُ , (K,) inf. n. إِضَاقَةٌ . (TA.) You say, ضَيَّقْتُ عَلَيْهِ المَكَانَ , (S,) or الشَّىْءَ , i. e. I straitened, or made narrow, to him [the place, or the thing; or I scanted it, or made it scanty]; contr. of وَسَّعْتُهُ عَلَيْهِ . (O.) And ضَيَّقْتُ عَلَيْهِ [alone, used elliptically, I straitened him, properly speaking; and also, his circumstances &c.]. (Msb.) And ضُيِّقَ عَلَى فُلَانٍ [Such a one was straitened]. (TA.) لِتُضَيِّقُوا عَلَيْهِنَّ , in the Kur [lxv. 6, In order that ye may straiten them], implies relation to expenses and to the bosom. (TA.) [See 3. التَّضْيِيقُ بَيْنَ شَيْئَيْنِ , occurring in the S and K in art. حوص , means The making a coarctation between two things.]
Form 3ضايقهُ1 sense

Core sense — he straitened him; he treated him harshlygenerated

3.1figurative · مجازin, or in respect of, such a thing—فِى كَذَا

He straitened him; and he treated him, or behaved towards him, with hardness, or harshness. [See also Form 2; or, properly, he straitened him while being straitened by him in the same way: see Form 1 in the entry زحم.]

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He straitened him: (MA:) [see also 2: or, properly, he straitened him, being in like manner straitened by him: see 1 in art. زحم : and] he treated him, or behaved towards him, with hardness, or harshness; (O, * K, * TA;) فِى كَذَا [in, or in respect of, such a thing]. (TA.)
Form 4اضاق2 senses

Core sense — his means of living became strait; he became poorgenerated

4.1figurative · مجاز

His means of living became strait; his property went away; and he became poor.

4.2

See also Form 2.

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His means of living became strait ( ضَاقَ عَلَيِْه مَعَاشُهُ ); (TA;) his property went away; (S, O, Msb, K;) and he became poor. (TA.) See also 2.
Form 5تَضَيَّقَ1 sense

Core sense — it was, or became, made narrow, or straitgenerated

5.1

See Form 1, first sentence.

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see 1, first sentence.
Form 6تَضَاْيَقَ1 sense

Core sense — they straitened one another, they crowded one anothergenerated

6.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthey straitened one another; they pressed, or crowded, one against another in a place of assembly—تضايقوا

See Form 1, in three places.

Synonymous with زَحَمَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا; see the entry زحم. Or: they became straitened in a place, or in disposition.

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see 1, in three places. تضايقوا They straitened one another; pushed, or pressed, one against another; or crowded one another; in a place of assembly; syn. زَحَمَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا : (Msb in art. زحم :) or they became straitened in a place, or in disposition. (S, O.)
Form 10استضاقت بِدُرْجَةٍ1 sense

Core sense — she tried to constrict her vagina, said of a womangenerated

10.1she tried to constrict her vagina by means of medicaments—بِالأَدْوِيَةِ

She tried to constrict her vagina by means of a pessary.

Said of a woman.

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[She endeavoured to constrict her vagina by means of a pessary], (O, K, TA,) or بِالأَدْوِيَةِ [by means of medicaments]; (A, TA;) said of a woman. (A, O, K.)

Derived nouns 13

Nounضَيْقٌ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — narrowness, straitness; doubt in the heartgenerated

1

A maṣdar of Form 1, as also ضِيقٌ, or this last is a simple noun. [Both, used as simple nouns, mean narrowness, or straitness.]

According to Fr, الضَّيْقُ is used of what does not [really] become wide, like the mind; or it is مَا ضَاقَ عَنْهُ صَدْرُكَ [that of which the mind, by being contracted, is incapable, or from which the mind shrinks].

That last explanation is not given in the K on Fr's authority, and it departs from his words as given in the O; so it seems that for مَا we should perhaps read فِيمَا.

But الضِّيقُ is used of what may [really] be wide, like the house and the garment.

The first is also used as an adjective, being in that case a contraction of ضَيِّقٌ, and as such it has a dual, a plural and a feminine; the second has not. Or the two are alike in meaning.

ضَيْقَةٌ is synonymous with ضِيقٌ.

1.1doubt in the heart—ضَيَقٌ

The headword has this meaning as well, according to AA. In the O it is expressly said to be بِالتَّحْرِيكِ.

Or the headword and ضِيقٌ; the TA says this last is a mistake for ضَيَقٌ, but see what follows.

The first is more common than the second in this sense, and it occurs in the Qur’ān at the last verse of chapter 16 and at 27:72.

Ibn-Ketheer read ضِيق in both of those places; this and ضَيْق are dialectal variants meaning straitness of mind.

2

See also ضَيِّقٌ, in two places.

2.1

And see ضَيْقَةٌ, second sentence, in two places.

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an inf. n. of 1, (S, O, Msb, K,) as also ضِيقٌ , (S, O, K,) or the latter is a simple subst.: (Msb:) [both, used as simple substs., signify Narrowness, or straitness:] accord. to Fr, [both seem to signify thus; but the latter, properly; and the former, tropically; for he says that] الضَّيْقُ is in that which does not [really] become wide, like the mind ( الصَّدْر ): (O:) or it is مَا ضَاقَ عَنْهُ صَدْرُكَ [that of which the mind by its being contracted is incapable, or from which the mind shrinks; an explanation not given in the K as on the authority of Fr, and deviating from his words as given in the O; whence it appears that, for مَا , we should perhaps read فِيمَا ]: (K:) but الضِّيقُ is in that which may be [really] wide, like the house and the garment: (O, K:) and the former [is also used as an epithet, being a contraction of ضَيِّقٌ in this case, and as such] has a dual and a plural and a feminine; but the latter has not: (O:) or both are alike [in signification]: (K:) and ضَيْقَةٌ is syn. with ضِيقٌ . (S.) Also, and ضَيَقٌ , accord. to AA, (O, [the latter there expressly said to be بِالتَّحْرِيكِ ,]) or the former and ضِيقٌ , (K, [said in the TA to be a mistake for ضَيَقٌ , but see what follows,]) Doubt (AA, O, K) in the heart: (K) the first is more common than the second, in this sense; and occurs in the Kur in xvi. last verse and xxvii. 72: (O:) [but] Ibn-Ketheer read, in both of these instances, ضِيق ; and this and ضَيْق are dial. vars. signifying straitness of mind. (Bd.) See also ضَيِّقٌ , in two places: and ضَيْقَةٌ , second sentence, in two places.
Nounضِيقٌ1 sense

Core sense — narrowness, or straitnessgenerated

1

See the preceding entry, in five places.

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: see the next preceding paragraph, in five places.
Nounضَيَقٌ1 sense

Core sense — narrowness, straitness; doubt in the heartgenerated

1

See ضَيْقٌ, latter part.

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: see ضَيْقٌ , latter part.
Nounضَيْقَةٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — narrowness; poverty, an evil state; a certain mansion of the moongenerated

1

See ضَيْقٌ, latter part.

1.1figurative · مجازpoverty; an evil state or condition—ضِيقَةٌ

The headword has this meaning too, and its plural [or rather ism jamʿ] is ضَيْقٌ. [In the CK, wrongly, ضِيقٌ.]

Fr says: when you see الضَّيْق standing in the place of الضِّيق, it is one of two things — either it is the plural [or ism jamʿ] of الضَّيْقَةُ, or it means the narrow, or strait, thing, ضَيْقٌ being a contraction of ضَيِّقٌ.

1.2the name of a certain mansion of the moon—الضَّيْقَةُ

Or ضَيْقَةُ [without the article], or الضِّيقَةُ. [This last seems to be a mistake, for in the O, in every case, whether as a proper name or not, الضيقة is written الضَّيْقَةُ.]

[Not one of the Twenty-eight Mansions.] It lies close by الثُّرَيَّا [or the Pleiades].

IKt says, on the authority of Ibn-Ziyád El-Kilábee, that sometimes the moon falls short of الدَّبَرَان and alights in الضيقة, that is, two small stars near together, between الثُّرَيَّا and الدَّابَرَان. The Arabs hold it to be an inauspicious place.

El-Akhtal says: [And why did you not draw an omen from the flight of birds on the night when you came to her, when the moon was in Deykah, between the Pleiades and Ed-Debarán?]

shāhid 1
فَهَلَّا زَجَرْتَ الطَّيْرَ لَيْلَةَ جِئْتَهَابِضَيْقَةَ بَيْنَ النَّجْمِ وَالدَّبَرَانِ

He indicates that the moon, on the night of their coming together, was making its abode [in the neighbourhood of] الدبران, which is inauspicious.

Or the second hemistich, as J relates it, apparently on the authority of A 'Obeyd, runs:

shāhid 2
بِضَيْقَةِ بَيْنَ النَّجْمِ وَالدَّبَرَانِ

— from الضَّيْقَةُ as synonymous with الضَّيْقُ.

AA relates the verse with kesr to the ة in بضيقة, the word not being treated as the proper name of a place, but the meaning being بضيقة مَا بَيْنَ النجم والدبران [that is, in the narrow space between the Pleiades and Ed-Debarán].

1.3

ضَيْقَةٌ is also the feminine of ضَيْقٌ, the contracted form of ضَيِّقٌ.

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: see ضَيْقٌ , latter part. Also (S) Poverty; and an evil state or condition; (S, O, K, TA;) and so ضِيقَةٌ : (K, TA:) and the pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] (Fr, S, K, TA) of the former (Fr, S, TA) is ضَيْقٌ : (Fr, S, K, TA: [in the CK, erroneously, ضِيقٌ :]) Fr says, when you see الضَّيْق to have occurred in the place of الضِّيق , it is in [one of] two cases; either it is the pl. [or coll. gen. n.] of الضَّيْقَةُ ; or it means the narrow, or strait, thing, ضَيْقٌ being a contraction of ضَيِّقٌ . (TA.) And الضَّيْقَةُ , (O,) or ضَيْقَةُ [without the article], (JK, O, TA,) or الضِّيقَةُ , (K, [app. a mistake, for in the O, in every case, whether as a proper name or not, الضيقة is written الضَّيْقَةُ ,]) is the name of A certain mansion of the moon, (JK, O, K, TA,) [not one of the Twentyeight Mansions,] close by الثُّرَيَّا [or the Pleiades]: (JK, O, TA:) or, as IKt says, on the authority of Ibn-Ziyád El-Kilábee, sometimes the moon falls short of الدَّبَرَان and alights in الضيقة , i. e. two small stars, near together, between الثُّرَيَّا and الدَّابَرَان : (TA:) it is asserted by the Arabs to be an inauspicious place. (O, * TA.) Hence the saying of El-Akhtal, 1 [And wherefore didst not thou draw an omen from the flight of birds on the night when thou camest to her, when the moon was in Deykah, between the Pleiades and Ed-Debarán?]: he notifies that the moon, in the night of their coming together, was making its abode [in the neighbourhood of] الدبران , which is inauspicious: (O, TA:) or [the latter hemistich, as J relates it, app. on the authority of A 'Obeyd, is thus,] 2 from الضَّيْقَةُ as syn. with الضَّيْقُ ; (S;) and as AA relates the verse, it is [thus] with kesr to the ة in بضيقة ; the word not being made the [proper] name of a place, but the meaning being بضيقة مَا بَيْنَ النجم والدبران [i. e. in the narrow space between the Pleiades and Ed-Debarán]. (TA.) فَهَلَّا زَجَرْتَ الطَّيْرَ لَيْلَةَ جِئْتَهَا | بِضَيْقَةَ بَيْنَ النَّجْمِ وَالدَّبَرَانِ بِضَيْقَةِ بَيْنَ النَّجْمِ وَالدَّبَرَانِ ضَيْقَةٌ is also the fem. of ضَيْقٌ the contracted form of ضَيِّقٌ . (S, O, TA.)
Nounضِيقَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — poverty; an evil state or condition; narrownessgenerated

1

See the preceding entry, first half, in two places.

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Nounضُوقَى1 sense

Core sense — narrower, or narrowestgenerated

1

This word and ضِيقَى are feminines of أَضْيَقُ.

The first, like the second, is originally of the measure فُعْلَى [each being originally ضُيْقَى], the ى being changed in the first into و because it is sākin and preceded by dammeh.

The first occurs in the saying of a woman to her fellow-wife when contending with her for superiority: [You are not the better, nor the narrower, &c.; خُورَى being in the same way feminine of أَخْيَرُ]

shāhid
مَا أَنْتِ بِالخُورَى وَلَا الضُّوقَى حِرًا

According to Kr, the first is the plural of ضَيِّقَةٌ, and he says the same of ضِيقَى; see the entry كَيِّسٌ.

But ISd says: I do not know how this can be, for فُعْلَى is not among the measures of plurals, except the kind of plural that differs from its singular only in the singular's having ة [as an affix], like بُهْمَاةٌ and بُهْمَى.

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and ضِيقَى are fems. of أَضْيَقُ ; (S, O, K;) the former [as well as the latter] is [originally] of the measure فُعْلَى , (TA,) [each being originally ضُيْقَى ,] the ى being changed in the former into و because quiescent and preceded by dammeh: (S, O, TA:) the former occurs in the saying of a woman to her fellowwife, contending with her for superiority, 1 [Thou art not the better nor the narrower &c.; خُورَى being in like manner fem. of أَخْيَرُ ]. (TA.) Accord. to Kr, the former is pl. of ضَيِّقَةٌ ; (TA;) and he says the same of ضِيقَى also; (TA voce كَيِّسٌ ;) but ISd says, I know not how this may be, for فُعْلَى is not of the measures of pls. except of the kind of pl. which differs not from its sing. otherwise than in the latter's having ة [as an affix], like بُهْمَاةٌ and بُهْمَى [q. v.]. (TA in the present art.) مَا أَنْتِ بِالخُورَى وَلَا الضُّوقَى حِرًا
Nounضِيَاقٌ1 sense

Core sense — a pessary of rag and perfumegenerated

1

See مِضْيَاقٌ.

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Nounضَائِقٌ1 sense

Core sense — being, or becoming, narrow or straitgenerated

1

See the next entry, in four places.

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Nounضَيِّقٌ1 sense

Core sense — narrow, or strait; niggardly, or avariciousgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferrednarrow, or strait—ضَيْقٌ

A contraction of the headword, the two being like هَيِّنٌ and هَيْنٌ [&c.].

narrow, or strait—ضَائِقٌ

Or ضَيِّقٌ is the adjective used in this sense when permanence of the quality is meant [and so too its contracted form]; while ضَائِقٌ means [being, or becoming, narrow or strait; or] narrow or strait for a time.

The feminine of the first and of the second [as well as of the third] is formed with ة; see also ضُوقَى.

[The plurals of the first and second, applied to rational beings, are ضَيِّقُونَ and ضَيْقُونَ, like مَيِّتُونَ and مَيْتُونَ, and] the plural of ضَائِقٌ is ضَاقَةً.

a narrow, or strait, thing—شَىْءٌ ضَيِّقٌ
a narrow, or strait, thing—ضَيْقٌ
a strait, or contracted, mind—صَدْرٌ ضَيِّقٌ
a strait, or contracted, mind—نَفْسٌ ضَيِّقَةٌ
and your mind is for a time strait, or contracted, by it—وَضَائقٌ بِهِ صَدْرُكَ

Qur’ān 11:15.

niggardly, or avaricious—ضَيِّقٌ
narrow, or illiberal, in disposition—ضَيِّقُ الخُلُقِ
Qur’ānic occurrences ضَيِّق 1 shown of 2
25:13
وَإِذَآ أُلْقُوا۟ مِنْهَا مَكَانًا ضَيِّقًا مُّقَرَّنِينَ دَعَوْا۟ هُنَالِكَ ثُبُورًا

And when they are cast, bound together into a constricted place therein, they will plead for destruction there and then!

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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and ضَيْقٌ , (S, O, K,) the latter a contraction of the former, (S,) the two being like هَيِّنٌ and هَيْنٌ [&c.], (O,) and ضَائِقٌ , (K,) Narrow, or strait: (S, * O, * K:) or ضَيِّقٌ is an epithet used in this sense when permanence [of the attribute] is meant [and so therefore is its contracted form]; and ضَائِقٌ as meaning [being, or becoming, narrow or strait; or] temporarily narrow or strait: (Msb:) the fem. of the first (TA) and of the second (S, O, TA) [as well as of the third] is with ة : (S, O, TA:) see also ضُوقَى : [the pls. of the first and second, applied to rational beings, is ضَيِّقُونَ and ضَيْقُونَ , like مَيِّتُونَ and مَيْتُونَ : and] the pl. of ضَائِقٌ is ضَاقَةً . (TA.) You say شَىْءٌ ضَيِّقٌ (O, Msb) and ضَيْقٌ (O) A narrow, or strait, thing. (O, * Msb.) And صَدْرٌ ضَيِّقٌ A strait, or contracted, mind; (Msb;) and نَفْسٌ ضَيِّقَةٌ [meaning the same]. (TA.) And وَضَائقٌ بِهِ صَدْرُكَ , in the Kur [xi. 15], means And thy mind is temporarily strait or contracted thereby. (Msb.) ضَيِّقٌ signifies also Niggardly, or avaricious. (KL.) [And ضَيِّقُ الخُلُقِ Narrow, or illiberal, in disposition.]
Nounأَضْيَقُ1 sense

Core sense — narrower, narrowest, more or most contractedgenerated

1

More, and most, narrow, strait, or contracted.

See its feminines ضُوقَى and ضِيقَى above.

[See also three examples under اِسْتٌ in the entry سته.]

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[More, and most, narrow or strait or contracted]: (S, O, K:) see its fems. ضُوقَى and ضِيقَى , above. [See also three exs. voce اِسْتٌ , in art. سته .]
Nounمَضِيقٌ1 sense

Core sense — a narrow, or strait, place; a narrow affairgenerated

1figurative · مجاز

A narrow, or strait, place: [a pass: a place of narrowness or straitness] of land; and of the vulva; and [a place, or state, of straitness] of life, or of the means of subsistence. See the entry ازم.

Also a narrow, or strait, affair or case.

Plural مَضَايِقُ.

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A narrow, or strait, place: (K:) [a pass: a place of narrowness or straitness] of land; and of the vulva; and [a place, or state, of straitness] of life, or of the means of subsistence: (K in art. ازم :) and a narrow, or strait, affair or case: (K, TA:) pl. مَضَايِقُ . (TA.)
Nounأَمْرٌ مُضَيَّقٌ1 sense

Core sense — an affair made straitgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred

An affair made strait.

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[An affair rendered strait]. (TA.)
Nounمِضْيَاقٌ1 sense

Core sense — a pessary of rag and perfumegenerated

1

Or ضِيَاقٌ, like كِتَابٌ in measure, as in all the copies of the K, [though this is probably taken from a mistranscription].

A pessary of rag and perfume, with which a woman tries to constrict her vagina.

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, (JK, and O on the authority of Ibn- 'Abbád, and TA,) or ضِيَاقٌ , like كِتَابٌ [in measure], thus in all the copies of the K, (TA,) [but probably, I think, taken from a mistranscription,] A pessary ( دُرْجَةٌ ) of rag and perfume, with which a woman endeavours to constrict her vagina ( تَسْتَضِيقُ بِهَا ). (JK, Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.)