ثَقِيلٌ

particle n. of ثَقُلَ; (S, Msb, K;) Heavy, weighty, or ponderous: (S, K, and Er-Rághib:) and so in relation to another thing; preponderant: primarily applied to a corporeal thing: (Er-Rághib, TA:) and ↓ ثَقَالٌ and ↓ ثُقَالٌ signify the same: (K:) plural ثِقَالٌ and ثُقْلٌ and ثُقَلَاءُ [which last, however, seems to be applied only to rational beings, agreeably with analogy]. (K.)

[Like its verb,] it is also applied to an ideal thing. (Er-Rághib, TA.) [Thus it signifies (assumed tropical:) Heavy, or weighty, in the sense of onerous, burdensome, oppressive, afflictive, grievous, or troublesome: momentous, or formidable: difficult: heavy, or not easy, of utterance; or heavy to the ear; applied to a word and a sound; and particularly to a word in which a single consonant is made double, and to one in which a quiescent consonant is made movent, like ↓ مُثَقَّلٌ: heavy to the stomach; difficult of digestion: heavy applied to the hearing: see the verb.] قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا, in the Qur'an, 73:5, means (assumed tropical:) A heavy, or weighty, saying. (TA.) النُّونُ الثَّقِيلَةُ means (assumed tropical:) [The heavy-sounding ن; as in يَفْعَلَنَّ &c.;] the opposite of الخَفِيفَةُ. (TA in article خف.)

It is also applied to a man, (JK,) meaning (tropical:) [Heavy in sickness, or disease; or] suffering a violent disease: (K:) [and (assumed tropical:) heavy, slow, sluggish, indolent, lazy, dull, torpid, or drowsy; wanting in alacrity, activity, agility, animation, spirit, or intelligence; stupid:] and so is ↓ مُسْتَثْقَلٌ: (JK:) which also means, particularly, (assumed tropical:) overcome, and rendered heavy, by sleep (نَوْمًا), (JK, * K, * TK,) and by sickness or disease (مَرَضًا), and by meanness or sordidness (لُوءْمًا). (K.) ثِقَالُ النَّاسِ [expressly said in the TA to be with kesr, but in the CK, erroneously, ثُقال,] and ثُقَلَاءُ الناس mean (assumed tropical:) Those men whose company is disliked; (K;) whom others deem heavy: each is plural of ثَقِيلٌ. (TA.) One says, أَنْتَ ثَقِيلٌ عَلَى جُلَسَايءِكَ (assumed tropical:) [Thou art heavy, or dull, or unwelcome, to thy companions with whom thou sittest]. (TA.) And (to him who is ثَقِيل, TA in article نسم,) مَا أَنْتَ إِلَّا ثَقِيلُ الظِّلِّ بَارِدُ النَّسِيمِ (assumed tropical:) [Thou art no other than one who casts a gloom upon others, and chills them: lit., heavy of shade, or shadow; cold of breeze]. (TA.) ثَقِيلٌ, applied to a man, is mostly used in dispraise: but sometimes, in praise: (Er-Rághib, TA:) used in praise, it signifies (assumed tropical:) Grave, staid, steady, sedate, or calm. (Kull.) Applied to a horse, (assumed tropical:) Slow; (Kull;) and so ↓ ثَقَالٌ applied to a camel; (K;) a meaning also assigned to ثَفَالٌ, with ف; (TA;) and ↓ مُثْقَلٌ, applied to a horse or the like. (JK.) اِنْفِرُوا خِفَافًا وَثِقَالًا, in the Qur'an, 9:41, means (assumed tropical:) [Go ye forth to fight] prompt and not prompt: (Katádeh, Bd, Jel, TA:) or whether moving be easy to you or difficult: (Bd, * TA:) or riding and walking: or lightly armed and heavily armed: or healthy and sick: (Bd:) or strong and weak: (Jel:) or rich and poor: (Jel, TA:) or young and old. (TA.)