Arabic edit

Root
س ق ي (s-q-y)

Etymology edit

From the root س ق ي (s-q-y). Cognate with Hebrew הִשְׁקָה (hišqā).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

أَسْقَى (ʔasqā) IV, non-past يُسْقِي‎ (yusqī)

  1. (ditransitive) to give drink
    Synonyms: سَقَى (saqā), شَرَّبَ (šarraba), أَشْرَبَ (ʔašraba)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 15:22:
      وَأَرۡسَلۡنَا ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ لَوَ ٰ⁠قِحَ فَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ مَاۤءࣰ فَأَسۡقَيۡنَـٰكُمُوهُ وَمَاۤ أَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ بِخَـٰزِنِينَ
      wa-ʾarsalnā r-riyāḥa lawāqiḥa fa-ʾanzalnā mina s-samāʾi māʾan fa-ʾasqaynākumūhu wa-mā ʾantum lahū bi-ḵāzinīna
      And We have sent the fertilizing winds and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers.

Conjugation edit

Verb edit

أُسْقَى (ʔusqā) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of سَقَى (saqā)
  2. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of سَقَى (saqā)