ضوء

Arabic

Root
ض و ء (ḍ-w-ʔ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dˤawʔ/

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Noun

ضَوْء • (ḍawʔ) m (plural أَضْوَاء (ʔaḍwāʔ))

1. verbal noun of ضَاءَ (ḍāʔa, “to shine”) (form I)
2. light

   عِنْدَمَا تَنْطَفِئُ الْأَضْوَاء، يُمْكِنُنَا رُؤْيَة النُّجُوم بِوُضُوح.

   ʕindamā tanṭafiʔu l-ʔaḍwāʔ, yumkinunā ruʔya(t) an-nujūm biwuḍūḥ.

   When the lights go out, we can see the stars clearly.

Declension

Declension of noun ضَوْء (ḍawʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَوْء ḍawʔ	الضَّوْء aḍ-ḍawʔ	ضَوْء ḍawʔ
Nominative	ضَوْءٌ ḍawʔun	الضَّوْءُ aḍ-ḍawʔu	ضَوْءُ ḍawʔu
Accusative	ضَوْءًا ḍawʔan	الضَّوْءَ aḍ-ḍawʔa	ضَوْءَ ḍawʔa
Genitive	ضَوْءٍ ḍawʔin	الضَّوْءِ aḍ-ḍawʔi	ضَوْءِ ḍawʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَوْءَيْن ḍawʔayn	الضَّوْءَيْن aḍ-ḍawʔayn	ضَوْءَيْ ḍawʔay
Nominative	ضَوْءَانِ ḍawʔāni	الضَّوْءَانِ aḍ-ḍawʔāni	ضَوْءَا ḍawʔā
Accusative	ضَوْءَيْنِ ḍawʔayni	الضَّوْءَيْنِ aḍ-ḍawʔayni	ضَوْءَيْ ḍawʔay
Genitive	ضَوْءَيْنِ ḍawʔayni	الضَّوْءَيْنِ aḍ-ḍawʔayni	ضَوْءَيْ ḍawʔay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَضْوَاء ʔaḍwāʔ	الْأَضْوَاء al-ʔaḍwāʔ	أَضْوَاء ʔaḍwāʔ
Nominative	أَضْوَاءٌ ʔaḍwāʔun	الْأَضْوَاءُ al-ʔaḍwāʔu	أَضْوَاءُ ʔaḍwāʔu
Accusative	أَضْوَاءً ʔaḍwāʔan	الْأَضْوَاءَ al-ʔaḍwāʔa	أَضْوَاءَ ʔaḍwāʔa
Genitive	أَضْوَاءٍ ʔaḍwāʔin	الْأَضْوَاءِ al-ʔaḍwāʔi	أَضْوَاءِ ʔaḍwāʔi

Synonyms

• ضِيَاء (ḍiyāʔ)

Descendants

• Maltese: dawl
• Moroccan Arabic: ضو (ḍaww, ḍuww, ḍū)