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Etymological Dictionary of Arabic
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waqt وَقْت 
ID 932 • Sw – • BP 98 • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√WQT 
n. 
1a time; b period of time, time span; c moment, instant – WehrCowan1979. 
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► waqtan, adv., once, at one time, one day
► bi‑waqt-hī, adv., at once, right away, immediately
► fī waqti-h, adv., 1a on time; b at the right time, in good time, timely
► fī ġayr waqti-h, adv., at the wrong time, untimely
► fī ’l-waqt nasfi-h or fī nafs al-waqt, adv., at the same time, simultaneously
► fī ʔawwal waqt, adv., one of these days, at the first opportunity
► lil-waqt or li‑waqti-h, adv., at once, right away, immediately
► li‑hādā al-waqt, adv., at this time
► maʕa ’l-waqt, adv., in (due) time, in the course of time, by and by, gradually
► min waqt li‑ʔāḫar, adv., from time to time
► ʔawqātan ʔawqātan, adv., do.
► fī baʕḍ al-ʔawqāt, adv., at times, sometimes
► fī kaṯīr min al-ʔawqāt, adv., often, frequently
► waqt al-farāġ, n., leisure, sparetime, free time
► al-waqt al-madanī, n., civil time
► waqt ʔurubbā al-wusṭà, n., Central European time
► ʔišāraẗ al-waqt, n.f., time signal (radio)

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WQD وقد 
ID – • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 22May2023
√WQD 
“root” 
▪ WQD_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ WQD_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ WQD_3 ‘...’ ↗...

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘firewood, fuel, extreme heat of day, burn, heat up, kindle; to shine, glimmer; to be agile, be alert, be quick’ 
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WQḎ وقذ 
ID – • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 22May2023
√WQḎ 
“root” 
▪ WQḎ_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ WQḎ_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ WQḎ_3 ‘...’ ↗...

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘an animal killed by striking with a stick, to strike violently, kill by striking; to be slow and dull; to be very ill; to be saddened’ 
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WQR وقر 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√WQR 
“root” 
▪ WQR_1 ‘to break, fracture, crack (esp. a bone)’ ↗waqara
▪ WQR_2 ‘cavity, hollow’ ↗waqr
▪ WQR_3 ‘heavy load, burden’ ↗wiqr, ‘grave, sedate, dignified’ ↗waqūr
▪ WQR_4 ‘…’ ↗…

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘a load; solemnity, respect, dignity; to be heavily pregnant; to show respect; to be hard of hearing; to exact, to take; to settle down, to be inactive, to stay at home’ 
▪ Bergsträsser1928 identified 2 meanings of the root in Sem: 1) ‘valuable, precious, dear’ and 2) ‘heavy’. These form complex WQR_3 [v3]. But are also [v1] and [v2] related to [v3], or among each other? 
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▪ Bergsträsser1928: (waqur ‘grave, sedate, dignified’) Akk waqru, Hbr yāqār ‘rare, expensive, precious, valuable, dear’; Aram ʔīqar nēqar ‘be heavy’; SAr wqr ‘honour’. The Sem root has two meanings: ‘1. valuable, precious, dear; 2. heavy’
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