Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

وَثُقَ It was, or became, firm, stable, fast, or strong; (Mṣb;) i. q. أُحْكِمَ (Ṣ, Mgh, Ḳ) [or اِسْتَحْكَمَ, q. v.].

وَثِقَ بِهِ He trusted, or confided, in him. (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ.)

أَوْثَقَهُ He made it firm, stable, fast, or strong. (Mṣb.)

He bound, or tied, him, or it, firmly, fast, or strongly, in a bond. (Ṣ, Ḳ, TḲ.) See شَدَّهُ.

تَوَثَّقَتِ العُقْدَةُ [The knot became firm, or fast]. (A, in art. ارب.)

اِسْتَوْثَقَ مِنْهُ [He secured himself against him, by a bond or the like, or absolutely:] he took, or received, a bond (وَثِيقَة) from him. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

أُكْتُبُوهُ ٱسْتِيثَاقًا وَدَفْعًا لِلنِّزَاعِ [Write ye it, (namely, the debt,) for the creditor's self-securing, and for preventing contention]. (Jel, ii. 282.) See اِسْتَظْهَرَ.

اِسْتَوْثَقَ مِنَ البَابِ He closed the door firmly. (MA.)

اِسْتَوْثَقَ مِنْ أُمُورِهِ: see أَعْنَجَ.

اِسْتَوْثَقَ مِنَ المَالِ: see استوثج.

اِسْتَوْثَقَ بِهِ He confided in him.

ثِقَةٌ Trusty; trustworthy; honest: applied as an epithet alike to a man and a woman, and to two or more men or women: pl. ثِقَاتٌ. (Mṣb.)

بِهِ ثِقَتِى In him is my trust, or confidence. (TA.)

لَسْتُ مِنْهُ عَلَى ثِقَةٍ I am not confident, or sure, of it. Occurring in the Ṣ, art. ضمر, &c. See an ex. voce شَهْرٌ (last sentence).

أَخُو ثِقَةٍ: see أَخٌ.

أَخَذَ بِالثِّقَةِ: see أَخَذَ, and see my explanation of إِحْتَاطَ.

الوَثِيقَةُ فِى الأَمْرِ The doing the thing firmly; and taking the sure method, or way; expl. by إِحْكَامُهُ والأَخْذُ بِالثَِّقَةِ. (TA.)

وَثِيقَةٌ A bond, security, or writing of obligation for the payment of a debt or the like: pl. وَثَائِقُ. Ex., كِتْبَةُ الوَثَائِقِ (Bḍ, ii. 282,) The mode of writing bonds.

A pledge.

وَثِيقَةٌ i. q. دُرْجَةٌ, q. v.

أَخَذَ الأَمْرَ بِالأَوْثَقِ He set about the affair in the surest, or firmest, manner. (TA.)

مَوْثِقٌ andمِيثَاقٌ↓ A compact; a contract; a covenant; an agreement; a league; a treaty; an engagement; a bond; an obligation; a promise. (Ṣ, Ḳ, &c.)

مَوْثُوقٌ بِهِ In whom [and in which] trust, or confidence, is placed. (Mgh.)

مُوَثَّقَةُ الخَلْقِ A she-camel rendered firm, strong, or compact, in make. (Ṣ.)