يقظة

Arabic

Root
ي ق ظ (y-q-ẓ)

Etymology

Verbal noun of يَقُظَ (yaquẓa, “to be awake”) (cf. اِسْتَيْقَظَ (istayqaẓa, “to wake up (oneself)”) and أَيْقَظَ (ʔayqaẓa, “to wake up (someone else)”), from the root ي ق ظ (y-q-ẓ), related to awakeness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja.qa.ðˤa/

Noun

يَقَظَة • (yaqaẓa) f (plural يَقَظَات (yaqaẓāt))

1. the state of being awake, not being asleep; awakeness

   Antonym: مَنَام (manām)

   مَن اِدَّعَى أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَمَ فِي اليَقَظَةِ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ النَبِيِ فَهْوَ كَاذِب ― man iddaʕā ʔannahu raʔā n-nabiyya ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasalama fī al-yaqaẓati baʕda wafāti n-nabiyi fahwa kāḏib ― Whoever claims to have seen the Prophet after his death while awake is a liar.

2. alertness, wokeness, attentiveness

   Synonym: نَبَاهَة (nabāha)

   الشَّعْبُ كَانَ يَقِظًا فِي مَطَالِبِهِ وَأَهْدَافِهِ. ― aš-šaʕbu kāna yaqiẓan fī maṭālibihi waʔahdāfihi. ― The people were woke in their demands and goals

Declension

Declension of noun يَقَظَة (yaqaẓa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	يَقَظَة yaqaẓa	الْيَقَظَة al-yaqaẓa	يَقَظَة yaqaẓat
Nominative	يَقَظَةٌ yaqaẓatun	الْيَقَظَةُ al-yaqaẓatu	يَقَظَةُ yaqaẓatu
Accusative	يَقَظَةً yaqaẓatan	الْيَقَظَةَ al-yaqaẓata	يَقَظَةَ yaqaẓata
Genitive	يَقَظَةٍ yaqaẓatin	الْيَقَظَةِ al-yaqaẓati	يَقَظَةِ yaqaẓati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	يَقَظَتَيْن yaqaẓatayn	الْيَقَظَتَيْن al-yaqaẓatayn	يَقَظَتَيْ yaqaẓatay
Nominative	يَقَظَتَانِ yaqaẓatāni	الْيَقَظَتَانِ al-yaqaẓatāni	يَقَظَتَا yaqaẓatā
Accusative	يَقَظَتَيْنِ yaqaẓatayni	الْيَقَظَتَيْنِ al-yaqaẓatayni	يَقَظَتَيْ yaqaẓatay
Genitive	يَقَظَتَيْنِ yaqaẓatayni	الْيَقَظَتَيْنِ al-yaqaẓatayni	يَقَظَتَيْ yaqaẓatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	يَقَظَات yaqaẓāt	الْيَقَظَات al-yaqaẓāt	يَقَظَات yaqaẓāt
Nominative	يَقَظَاتٌ yaqaẓātun	الْيَقَظَاتُ al-yaqaẓātu	يَقَظَاتُ yaqaẓātu
Accusative	يَقَظَاتٍ yaqaẓātin	الْيَقَظَاتِ al-yaqaẓāti	يَقَظَاتِ yaqaẓāti
Genitive	يَقَظَاتٍ yaqaẓātin	الْيَقَظَاتِ al-yaqaẓāti	يَقَظَاتِ yaqaẓāti