تَقِىٌّ
Root: تقى
Full Definition
تَقِىٌّ
, applied to a man, i. q.
وَقِىٌّ and مُتَّقٍ [Fearing; cautious; &c.: and particularly having a reverential, or pious, fear of God: or simply pious: or one who preserves, or guards, himself, accord. to some, exceedingly, or extraordinarily, from sin, either of commission or of omission: (see 8 in art. وقى:)] accord. to IDrd, one who preserves, or guards, himself from punishment [in the world to come], and from acts of disobedience, by righteous conduct: from وَقَيْتُ نَفْسِى: said by the grammarians to be originally وَقُوىٌ; then, تَقُوىٌ: or, accord. to Aboo-Bekr, [originally] of the measure فَعِيلٌ, as is indicated by the first of its pls. mentioned below: but he who says that it is [originally] of the measure فَعُولٌ says that it has that pl. because it has become like a word [originally] of the measure فَعِيلٌ: or righteous, virtuous, just, or honest; (Msb in art. تقى;) contr. of
فَاجِرٌ: (idem in art. بر:) pl. أَتْقِيَآءُ (Msb in art. تقى, and K) and تُقَوَآءُ, which is extr., and of a class disallowed by Sb, [and app. also تُقَاةٌ, q. v. suprà.]
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