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mīthāq

treaty, pact, charter

مِيثاق

Word

Noun

Root

و ث ق

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Plural
مَواثِيق

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الَّذِينَ يَنْقُضُونَ عَهْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ مِيثَاقِهِ وَيَقْطَعُونَ مَا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ بِهِ أَنْ يُوصَلَ وَيُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ

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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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