وقى1 وَقَاهُ اللّٰهُ السُّوْءَ God preserved him from evil. (Msb.) See a verse cited voce نَقَشَ. b2: وَقَاكَ اللّٰهُ كُلَّ مَحْذُور God preserve thee from all fear: see مَحْذُورٌ. b3:  قِ, or قِهْ, and تَوَقَّ, are imperatives [meaning Be thou cautious]. (JK.) b4:  قِ عَلَى ظَلْعِكَ: see ظَلَعَ. b5:  وَقَاهُ and ↓ اِتَّقَاهُ both signify He was cautious of it; syn. حَذِرَهُ. (K.) 5 تَوَقَّاهُ (and, accord. to a usage in the K, art. حرز, also تَوَقَّى مِنْهُ) He guarded against it; was cautious of it; syn. اِحْتَرَزَ منه and تَحَرَّزَ منه. (S, K, * art. حرز.) b2:  تَبَقَّهْ وَتَوَقَّهْ: see 4 in art. بقى.8 اِتَّقى He preserved, or guarded, himself exceedingly, or extraordinarily: (Ksh, Bd in ii. 1:) he put a thing between him and another to preserve him, or guard him. (Ham, p. 359.) b2:  In the conventional language of the law, He preserved, or guarded, himself exceedingly, or extraordinarily, (Ksh, Bd, ubi supra,) from  sin, of commission or of omission, (Ksh,) [or] from what would harm him in the world to come. (Bd, who describes three degrees.) It may often be rendered He was pious; or careful of his religious duties. b3:  اِتَّقَى عَلَيْهِمْ وَحَذِرَ [He guarded himself against them in an extraordinary degree, and was cautious, or wary]. (JK, TA, in art. خشى.) See 1. b4:  يَتْقِى, for يَتَّقِى: see art. تقى: and see a verse of Khufáf Ibn-Nudbeh, (quoted in the S, in art. وقى,) cited voce أَثْرٌ. b5:  يَتَّقْ for يَتَّقِ: see a verse cited voce مُتَأَوِّبٌ.وَقِىٌّ Cautious, guarding himself from sin, &c.: see تَقِىٌّ.وَقِيَّةٌ Property by means of which one preserves himself: pl. وَقِيَّاتٌ. (TA.) See a verse cited voce مَحْبَلٌ.وِقَايَةٌ Excess of preserving or guarding. (Ksh, Bd in ii. 1.) b2:  A preservative.وَاقٍA saddle that does not gall the back. (S, K.) وَاقِيَةٌ used as an inf. n., like بَاقِيَّةٌ: see Har, p. 136. b2:  وَاقِيَةٌ as meaning one preserver: see an ex. voce بَاقِيَةٌ.أُوقِيَّةٌ An ounce: see رِطْلٌ, in two places.