وسق

See also: وسف and وشق

Arabic

Etymology

Akin to Classical Syriac ܘܰܣܩܳܐ (wasqā, “burden; captive, servant”) which shows by its onset that it is a borrowed term, since inherited /w/ in the beginning becomes /j/ in Northwest Semitic. Probably to be put to Old South Arabian 𐩥𐩯𐩤 (ws³q, “to fill”) (present: 𐩺𐩯𐩤 (ys³q)), with the derivative 𐩯𐩤𐩩 (s³qt, “pregnancy”), compare Arabic وَاسِق (wāsiq, “bearing a child (camel)”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wasq/

Noun

وَسْق • (wasq) m (plural وُسُوق (wusūq) or أَوْسَاق (ʔawsāq))

a measure of capacity, about a camel’s load
- a. 660, Labīd, poetized the following two verses according to Yāqūt al-Ḥamawīy (a. 1229) Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, editor, كتاب معجم البلدان [kitāb muʿjam al-buldān]‎^[1] (in Arabic), volume 2, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, published 1867, pages 266 lines 5–6:
  ويومَ أجازَتْ قُلّةَ الحَزْن منهُمُ … مواكبُ، تعلو ذَا حُسًا، وقنابلُ
  على الصَّرْصَرانيّات، في كل رحلة، … وُسُوقٌ عِدَالٌ، ليس فيهن مائِلُ
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
freight, stowage
verbal noun of وَسَقَ (wasaqa) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun **وَسْق** (wasq)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	وَسْق wasq	الْوَسْق al-wasq	وَسْق wasq
nominative	وَسْقٌ wasqun	الْوَسْقُ al-wasqu	وَسْقُ wasqu
accusative	وَسْقًا wasqan	الْوَسْقَ al-wasqa	وَسْقَ wasqa
genitive	وَسْقٍ wasqin	الْوَسْقِ al-wasqi	وَسْقِ wasqi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	وَسْقَيْن wasqayn	الْوَسْقَيْن al-wasqayn	وَسْقَيْ wasqay
nominative	وَسْقَانِ wasqāni	الْوَسْقَانِ al-wasqāni	وَسْقَا wasqā
accusative	وَسْقَيْنِ wasqayni	الْوَسْقَيْنِ al-wasqayni	وَسْقَيْ wasqay
genitive	وَسْقَيْنِ wasqayni	الْوَسْقَيْنِ al-wasqayni	وَسْقَيْ wasqay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	وُسُوق‎; أَوْسَاق wusūq‎; ʔawsāq	الْوُسُوق‎; الْأَوْسَاق al-wusūq‎; al-ʔawsāq	وُسُوق‎; أَوْسَاق wusūq‎; ʔawsāq
nominative	وُسُوقٌ‎; أَوْسَاقٌ wusūqun‎; ʔawsāqun	الْوُسُوقُ‎; الْأَوْسَاقُ al-wusūqu‎; al-ʔawsāqu	وُسُوقُ‎; أَوْسَاقُ wusūqu‎; ʔawsāqu
accusative	وُسُوقًا‎; أَوْسَاقًا wusūqan‎; ʔawsāqan	الْوُسُوقَ‎; الْأَوْسَاقَ al-wusūqa‎; al-ʔawsāqa	وُسُوقَ‎; أَوْسَاقَ wusūqa‎; ʔawsāqa
genitive	وُسُوقٍ‎; أَوْسَاقٍ wusūqin‎; ʔawsāqin	الْوُسُوقِ‎; الْأَوْسَاقِ al-wusūqi‎; al-ʔawsāqi	وُسُوقِ‎; أَوْسَاقِ wusūqi‎; ʔawsāqi

Derived terms

أَوْسَقَ (ʔawsaqa, “to load”)
اِتَّسَقَ (ittasaqa, “to be in line with, to be of the right measure for”)
اِسْتَوْسَقَ (istawsaqa, “to be congregated into one place”)
وَاسِق (wāsiq, “pregnant (camel)”)
وَاسِقَ (wāsiqa, “to seek to measure oneself with”)
وَسَقَ (wasaqa, “to load”)
وَسِيقَة (wasīqa, “group of camels”)

Verb

وَسَقَ • (wasaqa) I (non-past يَسِقُ (yasiqu), verbal noun وَسْق (wasq))

to load, to freight
to fill, to overgrow, to envelop
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 84:16-18:
  أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ
  ʔuqsimu bi-š-šafaqi wa-l-layli wa-mā wasaqa wa-l-qamari ʔiḏā ttasaqa
  I swear by the twilight, and by the night and what it encloses, and by the moon when it becomes full.

Conjugation

Conjugation of **وَسَقَ** (I, assimilated, a ~ i, full passive (?), verbal noun **وَسْق**)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					وَسْق wasq
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					وَاسِق wāsiq
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مَوْسُوق mawsūq
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	وَسَقْتُ wasaqtu	وَسَقْتَ wasaqta	وَسَقَ wasaqa	وَسَقْتُمَا wasaqtumā	وَسَقَا wasaqā	وَسَقْنَا wasaqnā	وَسَقْتُمْ wasaqtum	وَسَقُوا wasaqū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	وَسَقْتُ wasaqtu	وَسَقْتِ wasaqti	وَسَقَتْ wasaqat	وَسَقْتُمَا wasaqtumā	وَسَقَتَا wasaqatā	وَسَقْنَا wasaqnā	وَسَقْتُنَّ wasaqtunna	وَسَقْنَ wasaqna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَسِقُ ʔasiqu	تَسِقُ tasiqu	يَسِقُ yasiqu	تَسِقَانِ tasiqāni	يَسِقَانِ yasiqāni	نَسِقُ nasiqu	تَسِقُونَ tasiqūna	يَسِقُونَ yasiqūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أَسِقُ ʔasiqu	تَسِقِينَ tasiqīna	تَسِقُ tasiqu	تَسِقَانِ tasiqāni	تَسِقَانِ tasiqāni	نَسِقُ nasiqu	تَسِقْنَ tasiqna	يَسِقْنَ yasiqna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَسِقَ ʔasiqa	تَسِقَ tasiqa	يَسِقَ yasiqa	تَسِقَا tasiqā	يَسِقَا yasiqā	نَسِقَ nasiqa	تَسِقُوا tasiqū	يَسِقُوا yasiqū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أَسِقَ ʔasiqa	تَسِقِي tasiqī	تَسِقَ tasiqa	تَسِقَا tasiqā	تَسِقَا tasiqā	نَسِقَ nasiqa	تَسِقْنَ tasiqna	يَسِقْنَ yasiqna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَسِقْ ʔasiq	تَسِقْ tasiq	يَسِقْ yasiq	تَسِقَا tasiqā	يَسِقَا yasiqā	نَسِقْ nasiq	تَسِقُوا tasiqū	يَسِقُوا yasiqū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أَسِقْ ʔasiq	تَسِقِي tasiqī	تَسِقْ tasiq	تَسِقَا tasiqā	تَسِقَا tasiqā	نَسِقْ nasiq	تَسِقْنَ tasiqna	يَسِقْنَ yasiqna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		سِقْ siq		سِقَا siqā			سِقُوا siqū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		سِقِي siqī		سِقَا siqā			سِقْنَ siqna

passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	وُسِقْتُ wusiqtu	وُسِقْتَ wusiqta	وُسِقَ wusiqa	وُسِقْتُمَا wusiqtumā	وُسِقَا wusiqā	وُسِقْنَا wusiqnā	وُسِقْتُمْ wusiqtum	وُسِقُوا wusiqū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	وُسِقْتُ wusiqtu	وُسِقْتِ wusiqti	وُسِقَتْ wusiqat	وُسِقْتُمَا wusiqtumā	وُسِقَتَا wusiqatā	وُسِقْنَا wusiqnā	وُسِقْتُنَّ wusiqtunna	وُسِقْنَ wusiqna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُوسَقُ ʔūsaqu	تُوسَقُ tūsaqu	يُوسَقُ yūsaqu	تُوسَقَانِ tūsaqāni	يُوسَقَانِ yūsaqāni	نُوسَقُ nūsaqu	تُوسَقُونَ tūsaqūna	يُوسَقُونَ yūsaqūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُوسَقُ ʔūsaqu	تُوسَقِينَ tūsaqīna	تُوسَقُ tūsaqu	تُوسَقَانِ tūsaqāni	تُوسَقَانِ tūsaqāni	نُوسَقُ nūsaqu	تُوسَقْنَ tūsaqna	يُوسَقْنَ yūsaqna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُوسَقَ ʔūsaqa	تُوسَقَ tūsaqa	يُوسَقَ yūsaqa	تُوسَقَا tūsaqā	يُوسَقَا yūsaqā	نُوسَقَ nūsaqa	تُوسَقُوا tūsaqū	يُوسَقُوا yūsaqū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُوسَقَ ʔūsaqa	تُوسَقِي tūsaqī	تُوسَقَ tūsaqa	تُوسَقَا tūsaqā	تُوسَقَا tūsaqā	نُوسَقَ nūsaqa	تُوسَقْنَ tūsaqna	يُوسَقْنَ yūsaqna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُوسَقْ ʔūsaq	تُوسَقْ tūsaq	يُوسَقْ yūsaq	تُوسَقَا tūsaqā	يُوسَقَا yūsaqā	نُوسَقْ nūsaq	تُوسَقُوا tūsaqū	يُوسَقُوا yūsaqū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُوسَقْ ʔūsaq	تُوسَقِي tūsaqī	تُوسَقْ tūsaq	تُوسَقَا tūsaqā	تُوسَقَا tūsaqā	نُوسَقْ nūsaq	تُوسَقْنَ tūsaqna	يُوسَقْنَ yūsaqna

References

Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 203
Freytag, Georg (1837) “وسق”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 465–466
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