Arabic vocabulary

اسْتِيقَاظwaking in Arabic

اسْتِيقَاظ is how you say “waking” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

فلبثت والقدح على يدى أنتظر استيقاظهما حتى برق الفجر والصبية يتضاغون عند قدمى فاستيقظا فشربا غبوقهما
So I waited with the vessel in my hand until dawn broke, and the children were crying at my feet. They then awoke and drank their evening drink.
اسْتِيقَاظَهُمَا — their waking. This noun is the direct object of 'waiting (for)', so it takes the accusative ending, and it carries the dual possessor -huma, 'their (two) waking'. The dual suffix marks the two parents as whose awakening he awaited.
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