ميثاق

Arabic

Root
و ث ق (w-ṯ-q)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miː.θaːq/

Noun

مِيثَاق • (mīṯāq) m (plural مَوَاثِيق (mawāṯīq))

1. charter
2. treaty
3. covenant
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:63:

     وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَ خُذُوا مَا آتَيْنَاكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

     waʔiḏ ʔaḵaḏnā mīṯāqakum warafaʕnā fawqakumu ṭ-ṭūra ḵuḏū mā ʔātaynākum biquwwatin wāḏkurū mā fīhi laʕallakum tattaqūna

     And [recall] when We took your covenant, [O Children of Israel, to abide by the Torah] and We raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what We have given you with determination and remember what is in it that perhaps you may become righteous."

Declension

Declension of noun مِيثَاق (mīṯāq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِيثَاق mīṯāq	الْمِيثَاق al-mīṯāq	مِيثَاق mīṯāq
Nominative	مِيثَاقٌ mīṯāqun	الْمِيثَاقُ al-mīṯāqu	مِيثَاقُ mīṯāqu
Accusative	مِيثَاقًا mīṯāqan	الْمِيثَاقَ al-mīṯāqa	مِيثَاقَ mīṯāqa
Genitive	مِيثَاقٍ mīṯāqin	الْمِيثَاقِ al-mīṯāqi	مِيثَاقِ mīṯāqi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِيثَاقَيْن mīṯāqayn	الْمِيثَاقَيْن al-mīṯāqayn	مِيثَاقَيْ mīṯāqay
Nominative	مِيثَاقَانِ mīṯāqāni	الْمِيثَاقَانِ al-mīṯāqāni	مِيثَاقَا mīṯāqā
Accusative	مِيثَاقَيْنِ mīṯāqayni	الْمِيثَاقَيْنِ al-mīṯāqayni	مِيثَاقَيْ mīṯāqay
Genitive	مِيثَاقَيْنِ mīṯāqayni	الْمِيثَاقَيْنِ al-mīṯāqayni	مِيثَاقَيْ mīṯāqay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَوَاثِيق mawāṯīq	الْمَوَاثِيق al-mawāṯīq	مَوَاثِيق mawāṯīq
Nominative	مَوَاثِيقُ mawāṯīqu	الْمَوَاثِيقُ al-mawāṯīqu	مَوَاثِيقُ mawāṯīqu
Accusative	مَوَاثِيقَ mawāṯīqa	الْمَوَاثِيقَ al-mawāṯīqa	مَوَاثِيقَ mawāṯīqa
Genitive	مَوَاثِيقَ mawāṯīqa	الْمَوَاثِيقِ al-mawāṯīqi	مَوَاثِيقِ mawāṯīqi

References

• Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “ميثاق”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
• Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “ميثاق”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ميثاق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “ميثاق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz