istawthaqa

make certain, have confidence in

اِسْتَوْثَقَ

Word

Verb · Form X

Root

و ث ق

Forms

Present: يَسْتَوْثِقُ

In the library

وأقام بالهند حتى استوثق مما أراد من أمرهم واتفاق كلمتهم؛ ثم انصرف عن الهند وخلف ذلك الرجل عليهم.

Kalila wa Dimna, page 2 →

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present	Command
he هُوَ	اِسْتَوْثَقَ	يَسْتَوْثِقُ	—
she هِيَ	اِسْتَوْثَقَت	تَسْتَوْثِقُ	—
they two (m.) هُما	اِسْتَوْثَقا	يَسْتَوْثِقانِ	—
they two (f.) هُما	اِسْتَوْثَقَتا	تَسْتَوْثِقانِ	—
they (m.) هُمْ	اِسْتَوْثَقُوا	يَسْتَوْثِقُونَ	—
they (f.) هُنَّ	اِسْتَوْثَقْنَ	يَسْتَوْثِقْنَ	—
you (m.) أَنْتَ	اِسْتَوْثَقْتَ	تَسْتَوْثِقُ	اِسْتَوْثِقْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ	اِسْتَوْثَقْتِ	تَسْتَوْثِقِينَ	اِسْتَوْثِقِي
you two أَنْتُما	اِسْتَوْثَقْتُما	تَسْتَوْثِقانِ	اِسْتَوْثِقَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	اِسْتَوْثَقْتُم	تَسْتَوْثِقُونَ	اِسْتَوْثِقُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	اِسْتَوْثَقْتُنَّ	تَسْتَوْثِقْنَ	اِسْتَوْثِقْنَ
I أَنا	اِسْتَوْثَقْتُ	أَسْتَوْثِقُ	—
we نَحْنُ	اِسْتَوْثَقْنا	نَسْتَوْثِقُ	—

From the same root

All words from و ث ق →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 11 entries

وَثُقَ Form I It was, or became, firm, stable, fast, or strong

It was, or became, firm, stable, fast, or strong; (Msb;) i. q. أُحْكِمَ (S, Mgh, K) [or اِسْتَحْكَمَ, q. v.]. ― -b2- وَثِقَ بِهِ He trusted, or confided, in him. (S, Mgh, Msb, K.)
أَوْثَقَهُ Form IV He made it firm, stable, fast, or strong

He made it firm, stable, fast, or strong. (Msb.) ― -b2- He bound, or tied, him, or it, firmly, fast, or strongly, in a bond. (S, K, TK.) See شَدَّهُ.
تَوَثَّقَتِ العُقْدَةُ Form V The knot became firm, or fast

[The knot became firm, or fast]. (A, in art. ارب.)
اِسْتَوْثَقَ مِنْهُ Form X He secured himself against him

[He secured himself against him, by a bond or the like, or absolutely:] he took, or received, a bond (وَثِيقَة) from him. (S, K.) ― -b2- أُكْتُبُوهُ ٱسْتِيثَاقًا وَدَفْعًا لِلنِّزَاعِ [Write ye it, (namely, the debt,) for the creditor's self-securing, and for preventing contention]. (Jel, ii. 282.) See اِسْتَظْهَرَ. ― -b3- اِسْتَوْثَقَ مِنَ البَابِ He closed the door firmly. (MA.) ― -b4- اِسْتَوْثَقَ مِنْ أُمُورِهِ: see أَعْنَجَ. ― -b5- اِسْتَوْثَقَ مِنَ المَالِ: see استوثج. ― -b6- اِسْتَوْثَقَ بِهِ He confided in him.
ثِقَةٌ Trusty; trustworthy; honest

Trusty; trustworthy; honest: applied as an epithet alike to a man and a woman, and to two or more men or women: pl. ثِقَاتٌ. (Msb.) ― -b2- بِهِ ثِقَتِى In him is my trust, or confidence. (TA.) ― -b3- لَسْتُ مِنْهُ عَلَى ثِقَةٍ I am not confident, or sure, of it. Occurring in the S, art. ضمر, &c. See an ex. voce شَهْرٌ (last sentence). ― -b4- أَخُو ثِقَةٍ: see أَخٌ. ― -b5- أَخَذَ بِالثِّقَةِ: see أَخَذَ, and see my explanation of إِحْتَاطَ.
الوَثِيقَةُ فِى الأَمْرِ The doing the thing firmly; and taking the sure method, or way

The doing the thing firmly; and taking the sure method, or way; expl. by إِحْكَامُهُ والأَخْذُ بِالثَِّقَةِ. (TA.) ― -b2- وَثِيقَةٌ A bond, security, or writing of obligation for the payment of a debt or the like: pl. وَثَايأِقُ. Ex., كِتْبَةُ الوَثَايأِقِ (Bd, ii. 282,) The mode of writing bonds. ― -b3- A pledge. ― -b4- وَثِيقَةٌ i. q. دُرْجَةٌ, q. v.
أَخَذَ الأَمْرَ بِالأَوْثَقِ He set about the affair in the surest, or firmest, manner

He set about the affair in the surest, or firmest, manner. (TA.)
مَوْثِقٌ A compact; a contract; a covenant; an agreement; a league; a treaty

and ↓ مِيثَاقٌ A compact; a contract; a covenant; an agreement; a league; a treaty; an engagement; a bond; an obligation; a promise. (S, K, &c.)
مِيثَاقٌ Open entry

: see مَوْثِقٌ; and Jel, &c., in ii. 60 and 87.
مَوْثُوقٌ بِهِ In whom

In whom [and in which] trust, or confidence, is placed. (Mgh.)
مُوَثَّقَةُ الخَلْقِ rendered firm, strong, or compact, in make

A she-camel rendered firm, strong, or compact, in make. (S.)

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