موضوع

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Arabic

Etymology

Passive participle of وَضَعَ (waḍaʕa, to put, lay). The sense “topic, subject” at first in logical discourse as a loan translation of Ancient Greek ὑποκείμενον (hupokeímenon, literally that which is laid down, underlying, suggested).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maw.dˤuːʕ/
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Noun

مَوْضُوع (mawḍūʕm (plural مَوَاضِيع (mawāḍīʕ))

  1. topic, subject, theme

Declension

Adjective

مَوْضُوع (mawḍūʕ) (feminine مَوْضُوعَة (mawḍūʕa), masculine plural مَوْضُوعُونَ (mawḍūʕūna), feminine plural مَوْضُوعَات (mawḍūʕāt))

  1. passive participle of وَضَع (waḍaʕ)
    الْقَهْوَةُ مَوْضُوعَةٌ عَلىٰ الطَاوِلَة
    al-qahwatu mawḍūʕatun ʕalā ṭ-ṭāwila
    the coffee is put on the table
  2. fabricated
    حَدِيث مَوْضُوعḥadīṯ mawḍūʕfabricated hadith

Declension

References

  1. ^ Kees Versteegh (2013) “31: Contact and the Development of Arabic”, in Raymond Hickey, editor, The Handbook of Language Contact, John Wiley & Sons

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَوْضُوع (mawḍūʕ)

Pronunciation

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Noun

موضوع (mowzu) (plural موضوعات (mowzu'ât))

  1. subject, topic; theme; issue, matter

Derived terms