استسقاء

Arabic

Root
س ق ي (s-q-y)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.tis.qaːʔ/

Noun

اِسْتِسْقَاء • (istisqāʔ) m

1. verbal noun of اِسْتَسْقَى (istasqā) (form X)
2. (medicine) (collection of fluid in the organs and their body cavities)
3. (medicine) ascites (collection of fluids in the abdomen due to liver disease)
4. (Islam) Istisqāʾ asking God for rain in times of drought

   صَلَاةُ الاِسْتِسْقَاء ― ṣalātu l-istisqāʔ ― the prayer to ask for rain

   دُعَاءُ الاِسْتِسْقَاء ― duʕāʔu l-istisqāʔ ― the prayer/supplication to ask for rain

Declension

Declension of noun اِسْتِسْقَاء (istisqāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِسْقَاء istisqāʔ	الِاسْتِسْقَاء al-istisqāʔ	اِسْتِسْقَاء istisqāʔ
Nominative	اِسْتِسْقَاءٌ istisqāʔun	الِاسْتِسْقَاءُ al-istisqāʔu	اِسْتِسْقَاءُ istisqāʔu
Accusative	اِسْتِسْقَاءً istisqāʔan	الِاسْتِسْقَاءَ al-istisqāʔa	اِسْتِسْقَاءَ istisqāʔa
Genitive	اِسْتِسْقَاءٍ istisqāʔin	الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ al-istisqāʔi	اِسْتِسْقَاءِ istisqāʔi

Descendants

• → Bashkir: истисҡа (istisqa)
• → Ottoman Turkish: استسقا
  • → Turkish: istiska
• → Tajik: истисқо (istisqo)
• → Acehnese: istisqa
• → Indonesian: istisqa