وسق

See also: وسف and وشق

Arabic

Etymology

Akin to Classical Syriac ܘܰܣܩܳܐ (wasqā, “burden; captive, servant”) which shows by its onset that it is a borrowed term, since inherited /w/ in the beginning becomes /j/ in Northwest Semitic. Probably to be put to Old South Arabian 𐩥𐩯𐩤 (ws³q, “to fill”) (present: 𐩺𐩯𐩤 (ys³q)), with the derivative 𐩯𐩤𐩩 (s³qt, “pregnancy”), compare Arabic وَاسِق (wāsiq, “bearing a child (camel)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wasq/

Noun

وَسْق • (wasq) m (plural وُسُوق (wusūq) or أَوْسَاق (ʔawsāq))

1. a measure of capacity, about a camel’s load
   • a. 660, Labīd, poetized the following two verses according to Yāqūt al-Ḥamawīy (a. 1229) Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, editor, كتاب معجم البلدان [kitāb muʿjam al-buldān]‎^[1] (in Arabic), volume 2, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, published 1867, pages 266 lines 5–6:

     ويومَ أجازَتْ قُلّةَ الحَزْن منهُمُ … مواكبُ، تعلو ذَا حُسًا، وقنابلُ
     على الصَّرْصَرانيّات، في كل رحلة، … وُسُوقٌ عِدَالٌ، ليس فيهن مائِلُ

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. freight, stowage
3. verbal noun of وَسَقَ (wasaqa) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun وَسْق (wasq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَسْق wasq	الْوَسْق al-wasq	وَسْق wasq
Nominative	وَسْقٌ wasqun	الْوَسْقُ al-wasqu	وَسْقُ wasqu
Accusative	وَسْقًا wasqan	الْوَسْقَ al-wasqa	وَسْقَ wasqa
Genitive	وَسْقٍ wasqin	الْوَسْقِ al-wasqi	وَسْقِ wasqi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَسْقَيْن wasqayn	الْوَسْقَيْن al-wasqayn	وَسْقَيْ wasqay
Nominative	وَسْقَانِ wasqāni	الْوَسْقَانِ al-wasqāni	وَسْقَا wasqā
Accusative	وَسْقَيْنِ wasqayni	الْوَسْقَيْنِ al-wasqayni	وَسْقَيْ wasqay
Genitive	وَسْقَيْنِ wasqayni	الْوَسْقَيْنِ al-wasqayni	وَسْقَيْ wasqay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وُسُوق‎; أَوْسَاق wusūq‎; ʔawsāq	الْوُسُوق‎; الْأَوْسَاق al-wusūq‎; al-ʔawsāq	وُسُوق‎; أَوْسَاق wusūq‎; ʔawsāq
Nominative	وُسُوقٌ‎; أَوْسَاقٌ wusūqun‎; ʔawsāqun	الْوُسُوقُ‎; الْأَوْسَاقُ al-wusūqu‎; al-ʔawsāqu	وُسُوقُ‎; أَوْسَاقُ wusūqu‎; ʔawsāqu
Accusative	وُسُوقًا‎; أَوْسَاقًا wusūqan‎; ʔawsāqan	الْوُسُوقَ‎; الْأَوْسَاقَ al-wusūqa‎; al-ʔawsāqa	وُسُوقَ‎; أَوْسَاقَ wusūqa‎; ʔawsāqa
Genitive	وُسُوقٍ‎; أَوْسَاقٍ wusūqin‎; ʔawsāqin	الْوُسُوقِ‎; الْأَوْسَاقِ al-wusūqi‎; al-ʔawsāqi	وُسُوقِ‎; أَوْسَاقِ wusūqi‎; ʔawsāqi

Derived terms

• وَسَقَ (wasaqa, “to load”)
• وَاسِق (wāsiq, “pregnant (camel)”)
• وَاسِقَ (wāsiqa, “to seek to measure oneself with”)
• أَوْسَقَ (ʔawsaqa, “to load”)
• اِتَّسَقَ (ittasaqa, “to be in line with, to be of the right measure for”)
• وَسِيقَة (wasīqa, “group of camels”)
• اِسْتَوْسَقَ (istawsaqa, “to be congregated into one place”)

Verb

وَسَقَ • (wasaqa) I, non-past يَسِقُ‎ (yasiqu)

1. to load, to freight
2. to fill, to overgrow, to envelop
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 84:16-18:

     أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ

     ʔuqsimu bi-š-šafaqi wa-l-layli wa-mā wasaqa wa-l-qamari ʔiḏā ttasaqa

     I swear by the twilight, and by the night and what it encloses, and by the moon when it becomes full.

Conjugation

Conjugation of

وَسَقَ

(form-I assimilated, verbal noun وَسْق)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						وَسْق wasq
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						وَاسِق wāsiq
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَوْسُوق mawsūq
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	وَسَقْتُ wasaqtu	وَسَقْتَ wasaqta	وَسَقَ wasaqa		وَسَقْتُمَا wasaqtumā	وَسَقَا wasaqā		وَسَقْنَا wasaqnā	وَسَقْتُمْ wasaqtum	وَسَقُوا wasaqū
	f		وَسَقْتِ wasaqti	وَسَقَتْ wasaqat			وَسَقَتَا wasaqatā			وَسَقْتُنَّ wasaqtunna	وَسَقْنَ wasaqna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَسِقُ ʔasiqu	تَسِقُ tasiqu	يَسِقُ yasiqu		تَسِقَانِ tasiqāni	يَسِقَانِ yasiqāni		نَسِقُ nasiqu	تَسِقُونَ tasiqūna	يَسِقُونَ yasiqūna
	f		تَسِقِينَ tasiqīna	تَسِقُ tasiqu			تَسِقَانِ tasiqāni			تَسِقْنَ tasiqna	يَسِقْنَ yasiqna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَسِقَ ʔasiqa	تَسِقَ tasiqa	يَسِقَ yasiqa		تَسِقَا tasiqā	يَسِقَا yasiqā		نَسِقَ nasiqa	تَسِقُوا tasiqū	يَسِقُوا yasiqū
	f		تَسِقِي tasiqī	تَسِقَ tasiqa			تَسِقَا tasiqā			تَسِقْنَ tasiqna	يَسِقْنَ yasiqna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَسِقْ ʔasiq	تَسِقْ tasiq	يَسِقْ yasiq		تَسِقَا tasiqā	يَسِقَا yasiqā		نَسِقْ nasiq	تَسِقُوا tasiqū	يَسِقُوا yasiqū
	f		تَسِقِي tasiqī	تَسِقْ tasiq			تَسِقَا tasiqā			تَسِقْنَ tasiqna	يَسِقْنَ yasiqna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		سِقْ siq			سِقَا siqā				سِقُوا siqū
	f		سِقِي siqī							سِقْنَ siqna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	وُسِقْتُ wusiqtu	وُسِقْتَ wusiqta	وُسِقَ wusiqa		وُسِقْتُمَا wusiqtumā	وُسِقَا wusiqā		وُسِقْنَا wusiqnā	وُسِقْتُمْ wusiqtum	وُسِقُوا wusiqū
	f		وُسِقْتِ wusiqti	وُسِقَتْ wusiqat			وُسِقَتَا wusiqatā			وُسِقْتُنَّ wusiqtunna	وُسِقْنَ wusiqna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُوسَقُ ʔūsaqu	تُوسَقُ tūsaqu	يُوسَقُ yūsaqu		تُوسَقَانِ tūsaqāni	يُوسَقَانِ yūsaqāni		نُوسَقُ nūsaqu	تُوسَقُونَ tūsaqūna	يُوسَقُونَ yūsaqūna
	f		تُوسَقِينَ tūsaqīna	تُوسَقُ tūsaqu			تُوسَقَانِ tūsaqāni			تُوسَقْنَ tūsaqna	يُوسَقْنَ yūsaqna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُوسَقَ ʔūsaqa	تُوسَقَ tūsaqa	يُوسَقَ yūsaqa		تُوسَقَا tūsaqā	يُوسَقَا yūsaqā		نُوسَقَ nūsaqa	تُوسَقُوا tūsaqū	يُوسَقُوا yūsaqū
	f		تُوسَقِي tūsaqī	تُوسَقَ tūsaqa			تُوسَقَا tūsaqā			تُوسَقْنَ tūsaqna	يُوسَقْنَ yūsaqna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُوسَقْ ʔūsaq	تُوسَقْ tūsaq	يُوسَقْ yūsaq		تُوسَقَا tūsaqā	يُوسَقَا yūsaqā		نُوسَقْ nūsaq	تُوسَقُوا tūsaqū	يُوسَقُوا yūsaqū
	f		تُوسَقِي tūsaqī	تُوسَقْ tūsaq			تُوسَقَا tūsaqā			تُوسَقْنَ tūsaqna	يُوسَقْنَ yūsaqna

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 203
• Freytag, Georg (1837) “وسق”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 465–466
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “وسق”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[3] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, pages 1536–1537
• Sauvaire, Henri (1886) “Matériaux pour servir à l’histoire de la numismatique et de la mythologie musulmanes”, in Journal asiatique (in French), published Part I in 1879 Autumn 455, Part II 1884 Spring 368, Part II continuation 1884 in Autumn 207, Part II end in 1885 Spring 498, Part III in 1886 Spring 124, Part III continuation in 1886 Spring 394, Part III other continuation 1886 Autumn 272, Part IV 1886 Autumn 479, page 273 seqq. of part three other continuation