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ثَقِيل
heavy /θaˈqiːl/
adjectiveB1#1902 most common
Also: burdensome, hard to bear, tiresome (of a person)
Example sentences
الحَقِيبَةُ ثَقِيلَةٌ.
The bag is heavy.
هَذَا الكِتَابُ ثَقِيلٌ جِدًّا.
This book is very heavy.
شَعَرْتُ أَنَّ الحِمْلَ ثَقِيلٌ عَلَى ظَهْرِي.
I felt the load was heavy on my back.
كَانَ الطَّعَامُ ثَقِيلًا عَلَى مَعِدَتِي بَعْدَ الوَلِيمَةِ.
The food was heavy on my stomach after the feast.
يَنَامُ نَوْمًا ثَقِيلًا لَا يُوقِظُهُ صَوْتٌ.
He sleeps a heavy sleep that no sound wakes him from.
تَرَكَ المَرَضُ ظِلًّا ثَقِيلًا عَلَى أَجْوَاءِ العَائِلَةِ كُلِّهَا.
The illness left a heavy shadow over the whole family's mood.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ثَقِيلٌ | ثِقَالٌ |
| Genitive | ثَقِيلٍ | ثِقَالٍ |
| Accusative | ثَقِيلًا | ثِقَالًا |
| Vocative | يَا ثَقِيلُ | يَا ثِقَالُ |
Word family
ثِقْلweight, burden
ثَقَّلَto make heavy, to burden
أَثْقَلheavier
مِثْقَالa unit of weight
خَفِيفlight (antonym)Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root th-q-l, which carries the idea of weight and burden. It follows the common Arabic adjective pattern faʿīl. The same root gives the noun for weight and the verb for weighing.
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