طوع

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ط و ع (ṭ-w-ʕ)

Noun[edit]

طَوْع (ṭawʕm

  1. verbal noun of طَاعَ (ṭāʕa) (form I)
  2. obedience
  3. voluntariness, spontaneity
    طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًاṭawʕan ʔaw karhanwillingly or unwillingly

Declension[edit]

Adjective[edit]

طَوْع (ṭawʕ) (feminine طَوْع (ṭawʕ), elative أَطْوَع (ʔaṭwaʕ))

  1. obedient, compliant, submissive

Declension[edit]

Verb[edit]

طَوَّعَ (ṭawwaʕa) II, non-past يُطَوِّعُ‎ (yuṭawwiʕu)

  1. to subjugate
  2. to entice, to tempt, to make covet
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:30:
      فَطَوَّعَتْ لَهُ نَفْسُهُ قَتْلَ أَخِيهِ فَقَتَلَهُ
      fa-ṭawwaʕat lahu nafsuhu qatla ʔaḵīhi fa-qatalahu
      And his soul enticed to him the murder of his brother, so he killed him

Conjugation[edit]