استقآء
Root: قيا
Form: 10
Full Definition
استقآءX
, or استقيَأَ, and
تقيّأ , He constrained himself to vomit: or the former is an instance of اِسْتَفْعَلَ from القَىْءُ [i. e. it signifies he desired to vomit]: and ↓ the latter signifies more than the former, i. e. he made what was in the
جَوْف [here meaning stomach] to come forth, intentionally. It is said in a trad., لَوْ يَعْلَمُ الشَّارِبُ قَائِمًا مَا ذَا عَلَيْهِ لَٱسْتَقَآءَ مَا شَرِبَ [If the person drinking in a standing posture knew what would be the effect upon him, he would desire to vomit what he had drunk: for the drinking and the eating in that posture are forbidden in more than one trad.].
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