ميثاق
Arabic
Etymology
From the root و ث ق (w-ṯ-q).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miː.θaːq/
Noun
مِيثَاق • (mīṯāq) m (plural مَوَاثِيق (mawāṯīq))
- charter
- treaty
- covenant
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:63:
- وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَ خُذُوا مَا آتَيْنَاكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
- waʾiḏ ʾaḵaḏnā mīṯāqakum warafaʿnā fawqakumu ṭ-ṭūra ḵuḏū mā ʾātaynākum biquwwatin wāḏkurū mā fīhi laʿallakum tattaqūna
- And [recall] when We took your covenant, [O Children of Israel, to abide by the Torah] and We raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what We have given you with determination and remember what is in it that perhaps you may become righteous."
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Declension
Declension of noun مِيثَاق (mīṯāq)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مِيثَاق mīṯāq | الْمِيثَاق al-mīṯāq | مِيثَاق mīṯāq |
| Nominative | مِيثَاقٌ mīṯāqun | الْمِيثَاقُ al-mīṯāqu | مِيثَاقُ mīṯāqu |
| Accusative | مِيثَاقًا mīṯāqan | الْمِيثَاقَ al-mīṯāqa | مِيثَاقَ mīṯāqa |
| Genitive | مِيثَاقٍ mīṯāqin | الْمِيثَاقِ al-mīṯāqi | مِيثَاقِ mīṯāqi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | مِيثَاقَيْن mīṯāqayn | الْمِيثَاقَيْن al-mīṯāqayn | مِيثَاقَيْ mīṯāqay |
| Nominative | مِيثَاقَانِ mīṯāqāni | الْمِيثَاقَانِ al-mīṯāqāni | مِيثَاقَا mīṯāqā |
| Accusative | مِيثَاقَيْنِ mīṯāqayni | الْمِيثَاقَيْنِ al-mīṯāqayni | مِيثَاقَيْ mīṯāqay |
| Genitive | مِيثَاقَيْنِ mīṯāqayni | الْمِيثَاقَيْنِ al-mīṯāqayni | مِيثَاقَيْ mīṯāqay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَوَاثِيق mawāṯīq | الْمَوَاثِيق al-mawāṯīq | مَوَاثِيق mawāṯīq |
| Nominative | مَوَاثِيقُ mawāṯīqu | الْمَوَاثِيقُ al-mawāṯīqu | مَوَاثِيقُ mawāṯīqu |
| Accusative | مَوَاثِيقَ mawāṯīqa | الْمَوَاثِيقَ al-mawāṯīqa | مَوَاثِيقَ mawāṯīqa |
| Genitive | مَوَاثِيقَ mawāṯīqa | الْمَوَاثِيقِ al-mawāṯīqi | مَوَاثِيقِ mawāṯīqi |
References
- Baalbaki, Rohi (1995), “ميثاق”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
- Баранов, Х. К. (2011), “ميثاق”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “ميثاق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
- Wehr, Hans (1960), “ميثاق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz