أسقى

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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)