# ثقل
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ṯql (“to weigh; burden, weight”). Cognate with Hebrew שקל and Aramaic תקל.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /θa.qu.la/

#### Verb

ثَقُلَ • (ṯaqula) I (non-past يَثْقُلُ (yaṯqulu), verbal noun ثِقَل (ṯiqal) or ثَقَالَة (ṯaqāla))
* to be heavy
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 101:6-11:فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ ۝ فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ ۝ وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ ۝ فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ ۝ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ ۝ نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* to be or become pregnant
* to become severe (of an illness)
* to deteriorate (of one's hearing, etc.)
* to be slurred (of speech)
* to be burdensome, to be oppressive [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘to someone’]
* to be difficult [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘for someone’]
* to be sluggish, to be dull-witted
* to be too sluggish, to be slow [with عَن (ʕan) ‘for something/to do something’]
    ثَقُلُوا عَنْ حَاجَّتِنَا. ― ṯaqulū ʕan ḥājjatinā. ― They are slow to do what we need.
* to be too dull-witted [with عَن (ʕan) ‘for something/to do something’]
* to load, to burden, to make heavy [with بِ (bi) ‘something’ and عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘for someone’]

##### Antonyms

* خَفَّ (ḵaffa)

#### Verb

ثَقَلَ • (ṯaqala) I (non-past يَثْقُلُ (yaṯqulu), verbal noun ثَقْل (ṯaql))
* (transitive) to weigh; to determine the weight of an object
* (transitive) to be heavier than, to outweigh

##### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “ثقل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

### Etymology 2

Causative of ثَقُلَ (ṯaqula, “to be heavy”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /θaq.qa.la/

#### Verb

ثَقَّلَ • (ṯaqqala) II (non-past يُثَقِّلُ (yuṯaqqilu), verbal noun تَثْقِيل (taṯqīl))
* (transitive) to make (something) heavy
* (transitive) to burden [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘someone’ and accusative ‘with something’]
* to ask too much of, to overburden [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘someone’]
* to bother, to trouble [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘someone’ and بِ (bi) ‘with something’]

##### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “ثقل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

### Etymology 3

Compare Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (šéqel), Aramaic תִּקְלָא (tiqlā), Ugaritic 𐎘𐎖𐎍 (ṯql).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /θiq.lun/

#### Noun

ثِقْل • (ṯiql) m (plural أَثْقَال (ʔaṯqāl))
* weight
* burden, load
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 99:2:وَأَخۡرَجَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَاwaʔaḵrajati l-ʔarḍu ʔaṯqālahāAnd the earth discharges its burdens
* gravity

##### Synonyms

* حِمْل (ḥiml)

##### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “ثقل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

#### Noun

ثِقَل • (ṯiqal) m
* verbal noun of ثَقُلَ (ṯaqula) (form I)
* heaviness

##### Declension
### Etymology 4

Inflected form.

#### Adjective

ثُقْل • (ṯuql) m pl
* masculine plural of ثَقِيل (ṯaqīl)

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic ثَقُلَ (ṯaqula).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ti.ɡil/, /θi.ɡil/

#### Verb

ثِقِل • (tigil) I (non-past يِثْقَل (yitgal))
* to be heavy
* to load, burden, make heavy (بِ something)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic ثَقَّلَ (ṯaqqala).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taɡ.ɡal/, /θaɡ.ɡal/

#### Verb

ثَقَّل • (taggal) II (non-past يِثَقِّل (yitaggil))
* to make (something) heavy
* (transitive) to burden (something عَلَى onto someone = burden someone with something)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3

From Arabic ثِقَل (ṯiqal).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tu.ɡul/, /θu.ɡul/

#### Noun

ثقل • (tugl) m (construct state ثُقْل (tugl))
* heaviness