وضع

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root و ض ع (w-ḍ-ʿ)

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈwadˁaʕa/

Verb

وَضَعَ (waḍaʿa) I, non-past يَضَعُ‎ (yaḍaʿu)

  1. to put, to place, to set
    وَضَعْتُ يَدَيَّ عَلَى أُذْنَيَّ فَمَا سَمِعْتُ قَوْلَهُ.
    waḍaʿtu yadayya ʿalā ʾuḏnayya famā samiʿtu qawlahu.
    I put my hands on my ears so I didn't hear what he said.
Conjugation
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), وضع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), وضع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Noun

وَضْع (waḍʿ) m (plural أَوْضَاع (ʾawḍāʿ))

  1. verbal noun of وَضَعَ (waḍaʿa) (form I)
  2. putting down, putting, setting
  3. humiliation, deposition
  4. parturition
  5. miscarriage
  6. creating, inventing, composing
  7. position, site
  8. situation
  9. attitude, behavior, manners
  10. proceeding, way of acting
  11. case
  12. plan, intention
  13. external form, figure, shape
  14. institute, establishment
  15. literary composition, work
  16. subtraction, abatement
    وَضْعًا وَقَوْلًاwaḍʿan wa-qawlanin deeds and words
Declension
References

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic وَضْع (waḍʿ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [væzʔ]
    • (colloquial) IPA(key): [væːz]

Noun

وضع (vaz') (plural اوضاع (owzâ') or وضع‌ها (vaz'-hâ))

  1. condition
  2. situation
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