توكأ

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Arabic

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Root
و ك ء (w k ʔ)
2 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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تَوَكَّأَ (tawakkaʔa) V (non-past يَتَوَكَّأُ (yatawakkaʔu), verbal noun تَوَكُّؤ (tawakkuʔ))

  1. to lean on, to recline
    Synonym: اِتَّكَأَ (ittakaʔa)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:18:
      قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَ أَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِي وَلِيَ فِيهَا مَآرِبُ أُخْرَىٰ
      qāla hiya ʕaṣāya ʔatawakkaʔu ʕalayhā waʔahuššu bihā ʕalā ḡanamī waliya fīhā maʔāribu ʔuḵrā
      He said, "It is my stick. I lean on it, I beat down with it for my sheep, and I have many other uses of it.

Conjugation

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