Arabic

Verb

سَاقَ • ‎(sāqa) I, non-past يَسُوقُ‎ (yasūqu)

1. to drive
2. to conscript
3. to pilot
4. to transport
5. to send
6. to utter
7. to cite, to quote

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

سَاق • ‎(sāq) f ‎(plural سُوق ‎(sūq) or سُؤُوق ‎(suʾūq) or سِيقَان ‎(sīqān) or أَسْؤُق ‎(ʾasʾuq))

1. leg
2. shank
3. thigh
4. side of an angle
5. perpendicular

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “ساق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1976), “ساق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-001-8

Noun

سَاق • ‎(sāq) m ‎(plural سُوق ‎(sūq) or سُؤُوق ‎(suʾūq) or سِيقَان ‎(sīqān) or أَسْؤُق ‎(ʾasʾuq))

1. trunk, stalk
2. column, pillar
3. scale (balance)
4. genus, gender, kind
5. pain, torment

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “ساق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1976), “ساق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-001-8

Etymology 3

Derived from the active participle of سَقَى ‎(saqā, “to water”), from the root س ق ي ‎(s-q-y).

Noun

سَاقٍ • ‎(sāqin) m ‎(construct state سَاقِي ‎(sāqī), plural سُقَاة ‎(suqāh) or سُقِيّ ‎(suqiyy) or سُقَّة ‎(suqqa))

1. cup bearer
2. water carrier

Declension

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “ساق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen