Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

استثقلهُ

Root: ثقل

Form: 10

Full Definition

استثقلهُX contr. of اِسْتَخَفَّهُ; (S and K and TA in art. خف;) He deemed it, or him, ثَقِيل [i. e. heavy, properly and tropically].
2 [Hence, He deemed it heavy, or not easy, of utterance; or heavy to the ear: often occurring in this sense in lexicons and grammars.]
3 اُسْتُثْقِلَ نَوْمًا [He was overcome, and rendered heavy, by sleep: and in like manner, مَرَضًا, by sickness or disease: and لُؤْمًا, by meanness or sordidness: see its pass. part. n., below].


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