وقت
1 وَقَتَ,
aor. ـِ
inf. n. وَقتٌ; and ↓ وقّت,
inf. n. تَوْقِيتٌ; He determined, defined, or limited, a thing as to time; (
IAth,
L,
Msb;) and otherwise: (
L,
Msb:) he determined, or defined, times. (
S,
K.) وَقَتَهُ He declared [or appointed] a time in which it should be done. (
S.) وَقَتَ اللّٰهُ الصلَاةَ,
aor. ـِ and ↓ وَقَّتَهَا, God hath determined, or defined, a time for prayer. (
Msb.) ↓ وقّت, as also أَقَّتَ, He assigned, or appointed, for a thing, a particular time; he assigned, or appointed, a particular time for doing a thing. (
IAth,
L.) لِيَوْمِ ↓ وَقَّتُّهُ كَذَا [I appointed him, or it, for such a day]; like أَجَّلْتُهُ. (
S.)
b2: In the following words of the
Kur. [lxxvii. 11,] وَإِذَا الرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ, ↓ اقتت is a
dial. form of وُقِّتَتْ, like as أُجُوهٌ is of وُجُوهٌ; (
S;) and the meaning is And when the Apostles shall have one [particular] time assigned to them to decide between the people [to whom they have been sent to preach]: (
Zj:) or, shall be collected at their appointed time, on the day of resurrection. (
Fr.) This is the general reading: but there are other reading; namely, وُقِّتَتْ, and وُقِتَتْ, (
S,
TA,) and وُوقِتَتْ, which last is of the measure فُوعِلَتْ, from المُوَاقَتَةُ. (
K.)
b3: لَمْ يَقِتْ فى الخَمْرِ حَدًّا He (Mohammad) did not determine, or define, for [drinking wine,] a castigation consisting of a certain number [of blows, or stripes]. (
TA, from a
trad.)
b4: وَقَتَ sometimes signifies He [i. e. God] made the entering upon the state of إِحْرَام in pilgrimage, and prayer at the commencement of its appointed time, obligatory, or incumbent, upon men. (
TA.)
b5: لِأَهْلِ المَدِينَةِ ذَا الحُلَيْفَةِ ↓ وَقَّتَ He appointed, for the people of El-Medeeneh, Dhu-l-Huleyfeh as the place where they should enter upon the state of إِحْرَام. (
TA, from a
trad.) 2 وَقَّتَ see 1 throughout.
3 واقتهُ,
inf. n. مُوَاقَتَهٌ, [He made an appointment with him for a particular time]. (
K.) وَقْتٌ (
S,
K) A time; or space, or measure, of time, (
M,
L,
K,
Msb,) appointed for any affair; a season: (
Msb:) mostly used with respect to what is past: (
M,
K:) sometimes with respect to the future: (
TA:) as also ↓ مِيقَاتٌ, (
K,
Msb:) or,
accord. to some, there is a difference between these two words; the former having an absolute signification, and the latter signifying a time appointed for the performance of some action: [as in the
S:] (
TA:)
pl. of the former أَوْقَاتٌ, and of the latter مَوَاقِيتُ. (
Msb.) [Hence, وَقْتَئِذٍ Then; at that time.]
b2: وَقْتٌ (
tropical:) A space, or measure, of local extension; as a mile, &c. (
Sb.) مَوْقِتٌ, [of the measure] مَفْعِلٌ from الوَقْتُ: (
S,
K:) [it may therefore be an
inf. n., or a noun of place, or a noun of time]. El-'Ajjáj says, وَالجَامِعُ النَّاسَ لِيَوْمِ المَوْقِتِ [And He who congregateth mankind for the day of the appointment of a particular time, or, of the place of a certain event, or, of the time of a certain event; i. e., for the day of resurrection]. (
S.) مِيقَاتٌ: see وَقْتٌ.
b2: Also, A place in which a certain action is appointed to be performed. (
S.)
Ex. مِيقَاتُ الحَجِّ The place where the pilgrims enter upon the state of إِحْرَام: (
S,
K:) you say, هٰذَا ميقاتُ أَهْلِ الشَّأْمِ This is the place where the people of Syria enter upon the state of احرام. (
S.)
b3: [Also, A place in which a meeting is appointed to take place at a particular time.
Ex.] الآخِرَةُ مِيقَاتُ الخَلْقِ [The world to come is the place in which mankind are appointed to meet after the resurrection]. (
L.)
b4: [Also, That which determines the commencement, or the like, of a period &c.
Ex.] الهِلَالُ ميقاتُ الشَّهْرِ [The crescent is that which determines the commencement of the month]. (
L.)
b5: See also مَوْقِتٌ.
مَوْقُوتٌ and ↓ مُوَقَّتٌ Determined, defined, definite, or limited, as to time. (
L.)
b2: وَقْتٌ مَوْقُوتٌ, and ↓ مُوَقَّتٌ, A determined, defined, definite, or limited, time. (
K.)
b3: إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى المُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَابًا مَوْقُوتًا [
Kur. iv. 104,] For prayer is to the believers a prescript, or an appointment, or ordinance, ordained [to be performed] in the times [thereof]. (
S,
K, &c.)
b4: Also [مَوْقُوثٌ (see 1) and] ↓ مُوَقَّتٌ Determined, defined, or definite, as to its extreme limit, extent, or amount: (
L:) both signify anything defined, definite, or limited. (
Msb.) مُوَقَّتٌ: see مَوْقُوتٌ.
