وضع

Arabic

Etymology

From the root و ض ع‎ (w-ḍ-ʿ).

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /wa.dˤa.ʕa/

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Verb

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

1. (transitive) to put; to lay; to place; to set; to position; to install; to implant

   ‏وَضَعْتُ يَدَيَّ عَلَى أُذْنَيَّ فَمَا سَمِعْتُ قَوْلَهُ.‎‎

   waḍaʿtu yadayya ʿalā ʾuḏnayya famā samiʿtu qawlahu.

   I put my hands over my ears and did not hear what he said.

2. (transitive) to lump, to group; to put together

   Synonyms: جَمَعَ‎ (jamaʿa), رَثَدَ‎ (raṯada)

   1. (transitive, of a female) to lay and cluster (eggs) in a nest
3. (transitive) to store away, to stow away, to deposit; to put down, to lay down
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 94:2:

     ‏.وَوَضَعۡنَا عَنكَ وِزۡرَكَ‎

     And We put down from you your burden.

   Synonym: خَزَّنَ‎ (ḵazzana, “to store”)

4. (transitive) to stop holding or using (a tool or an instrument, such as a weapon), to put away or down, to lay down; to put aside
   1. (transitive) to cancel (a law, a regulation, and so on), to abrogate; to set aside

      Synonyms: أَلْغَى‎ (ʾalḡā, “to cancel”), أَبْطَلَ‎ (ʾabṭala, “to nullify; to invalidate”), نَسَخَ‎ (nasaḵa, “to abrogate; to supersede”)

   2. (transitive) to remove (clothes); to put off or down, to lay off or down, to doff; to take off

      Synonym: خَلَعَ‎ (ḵalaʿa, “to take off (clothes or accessories)”)

   3. (transitive, of a female) to give birth to (a baby), to deliver, to bear

      Synonym: وَلَدَ‎ (walada, “to give birth to, to mother”)

5. (transitive) to posit (a law, a regulation, and so on); to impose; to set down, to lay down

   Synonyms: كَتَبَ‎ (kataba, “to prescribe”), شَرَعَ‎ (šaraʿa, “to command”)

   1. (transitive) to posit (an explanation, a theory, and so on); to propose, to set forth; to put down
6. (transitive) to add

   Synonym: أَضَافَ‎ (ʾaḍāfa)

   1. (transitive) to interpose (something, as in a text or a literature, especially falsely), to insert; to interpolate; to put in

      Synonyms: اِخْتَلَقَ‎ (iḵtalaqa, “to make up, to invent”), اِفْتَرَى‎ (iftarā, “to forge”)

7. (transitive, rare) to see or treat as lowly, to demean

   Synonym: أَذَلَّ‎ (ʾaḏalla)

Conjugation

Conjugation of

وَضَعَ

(form-I assimilated, verbal nouns وَضْع or مَوْضَع or مَوْضِع)

verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر						وَضْع or مَوْضَع‎ or مَوْضِع‎ waḍʿ or mawḍaʿ or mawḍiʿ
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						وَاضِع‎ wāḍiʿ
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَوْضُوع‎ mawḍūʿ
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	وَضَعْتُ‎ waḍaʿtu	وَضَعْتَ‎ waḍaʿta	وَضَعَ waḍaʿa		وَضَعْتُمَا‎ waḍaʿtumā	وَضَعَا‎ waḍaʿā		وَضَعْنَا‎ waḍaʿnā	وَضَعْتُمْ‎ waḍaʿtum	وَضَعُوا‎ waḍaʿū
	f		وَضَعْتِ‎ waḍaʿti	وَضَعَتْ‎ waḍaʿat			وَضَعَتَا‎ waḍaʿatā			وَضَعْتُنَّ‎ waḍaʿtunna	وَضَعْنَ‎ waḍaʿna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَضَعُ‎ ʾaḍaʿu	تَضَعُ‎ taḍaʿu	يَضَعُ‎ yaḍaʿu		تَضَعَانِ‎ taḍaʿāni	يَضَعَانِ‎ yaḍaʿāni		نَضَعُ‎ naḍaʿu	تَضَعُونَ‎ taḍaʿūna	يَضَعُونَ‎ yaḍaʿūna
	f		تَضَعِينَ‎ taḍaʿīna	تَضَعُ‎ taḍaʿu			تَضَعَانِ‎ taḍaʿāni			تَضَعْنَ‎ taḍaʿna	يَضَعْنَ‎ yaḍaʿna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَضَعَ‎ ʾaḍaʿa	تَضَعَ‎ taḍaʿa	يَضَعَ‎ yaḍaʿa		تَضَعَا‎ taḍaʿā	يَضَعَا‎ yaḍaʿā		نَضَعَ‎ naḍaʿa	تَضَعُوا‎ taḍaʿū	يَضَعُوا‎ yaḍaʿū
	f		تَضَعِي‎ taḍaʿī	تَضَعَ‎ taḍaʿa			تَضَعَا‎ taḍaʿā			تَضَعْنَ‎ taḍaʿna	يَضَعْنَ‎ yaḍaʿna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَضَعْ‎ ʾaḍaʿ	تَضَعْ‎ taḍaʿ	يَضَعْ‎ yaḍaʿ		تَضَعَا‎ taḍaʿā	يَضَعَا‎ yaḍaʿā		نَضَعْ‎ naḍaʿ	تَضَعُوا‎ taḍaʿū	يَضَعُوا‎ yaḍaʿū
	f		تَضَعِي‎ taḍaʿī	تَضَعْ‎ taḍaʿ			تَضَعَا‎ taḍaʿā			تَضَعْنَ‎ taḍaʿna	يَضَعْنَ‎ yaḍaʿna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		ضَعْ‎ ḍaʿ			ضَعَا‎ ḍaʿā				ضَعُوا‎ ḍaʿū
	f		ضَعِي‎ ḍaʿī							ضَعْنَ‎ ḍaʿna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	وُضِعْتُ‎ wuḍiʿtu	وُضِعْتَ‎ wuḍiʿta	وُضِعَ wuḍiʿa		وُضِعْتُمَا‎ wuḍiʿtumā	وُضِعَا‎ wuḍiʿā		وُضِعْنَا‎ wuḍiʿnā	وُضِعْتُمْ‎ wuḍiʿtum	وُضِعُوا‎ wuḍiʿū
	f		وُضِعْتِ‎ wuḍiʿti	وُضِعَتْ‎ wuḍiʿat			وُضِعَتَا‎ wuḍiʿatā			وُضِعْتُنَّ‎ wuḍiʿtunna	وُضِعْنَ‎ wuḍiʿna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُوضَعُ‎ ʾūḍaʿu	تُوضَعُ‎ tūḍaʿu	يُوضَعُ‎ yūḍaʿu		تُوضَعَانِ‎ tūḍaʿāni	يُوضَعَانِ‎ yūḍaʿāni		نُوضَعُ‎ nūḍaʿu	تُوضَعُونَ‎ tūḍaʿūna	يُوضَعُونَ‎ yūḍaʿūna
	f		تُوضَعِينَ‎ tūḍaʿīna	تُوضَعُ‎ tūḍaʿu			تُوضَعَانِ‎ tūḍaʿāni			تُوضَعْنَ‎ tūḍaʿna	يُوضَعْنَ‎ yūḍaʿna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُوضَعَ‎ ʾūḍaʿa	تُوضَعَ‎ tūḍaʿa	يُوضَعَ‎ yūḍaʿa		تُوضَعَا‎ tūḍaʿā	يُوضَعَا‎ yūḍaʿā		نُوضَعَ‎ nūḍaʿa	تُوضَعُوا‎ tūḍaʿū	يُوضَعُوا‎ yūḍaʿū
	f		تُوضَعِي‎ tūḍaʿī	تُوضَعَ‎ tūḍaʿa			تُوضَعَا‎ tūḍaʿā			تُوضَعْنَ‎ tūḍaʿna	يُوضَعْنَ‎ yūḍaʿna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُوضَعْ‎ ʾūḍaʿ	تُوضَعْ‎ tūḍaʿ	يُوضَعْ‎ yūḍaʿ		تُوضَعَا‎ tūḍaʿā	يُوضَعَا‎ yūḍaʿā		نُوضَعْ‎ nūḍaʿ	تُوضَعُوا‎ tūḍaʿū	يُوضَعُوا‎ yūḍaʿū
	f		تُوضَعِي‎ tūḍaʿī	تُوضَعْ‎ tūḍaʿ			تُوضَعَا‎ tūḍaʿā			تُوضَعْنَ‎ tūḍaʿna	يُوضَعْنَ‎ yūḍaʿna

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “وضع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], 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

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /wadˤʕ/

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 وَقَوْلًا‎ ― waḍʿan wa-qawlan ― in deeds and words

Declension

Declension of noun وَضْع (waḍʿ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَضْع waḍʿ	الْوَضْع‎ al-waḍʿ	وَضْع waḍʿ
Nominative	وَضْعٌ waḍʿun	الْوَضْعُ‎ al-waḍʿu	وَضْعُ waḍʿu
Accusative	وَضْعًا‎ waḍʿan	الْوَضْعَ‎ al-waḍʿa	وَضْعَ waḍʿa
Genitive	وَضْعٍ waḍʿin	الْوَضْعِ‎ al-waḍʿi	وَضْعِ waḍʿi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَضْعَيْن‎ waḍʿayn	الْوَضْعَيْن‎ al-waḍʿayn	وَضْعَيْ‎ waḍʿay
Nominative	وَضْعَانِ‎ waḍʿāni	الْوَضْعَانِ‎ al-waḍʿāni	وَضْعَا‎ waḍʿā
Accusative	وَضْعَيْنِ‎ waḍʿayni	الْوَضْعَيْنِ‎ al-waḍʿayni	وَضْعَيْ‎ waḍʿay
Genitive	وَضْعَيْنِ‎ waḍʿayni	الْوَضْعَيْنِ‎ al-waḍʿayni	وَضْعَيْ‎ waḍʿay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَوْضَاع‎ ʾawḍāʿ	الْأَوْضَاع‎ al-ʾawḍāʿ	أَوْضَاع‎ ʾawḍāʿ
Nominative	أَوْضَاعٌ‎ ʾawḍāʿun	الْأَوْضَاعُ‎ al-ʾawḍāʿu	أَوْضَاعُ‎ ʾawḍāʿu
Accusative	أَوْضَاعًا‎ ʾawḍāʿan	الْأَوْضَاعَ‎ al-ʾawḍāʿa	أَوْضَاعَ‎ ʾawḍāʿa
Genitive	أَوْضَاعٍ‎ ʾawḍāʿin	الْأَوْضَاعِ‎ al-ʾawḍāʿi	أَوْضَاعِ‎ ʾawḍāʿi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: vəz
• → Ottoman Turkish: وضع‎ (vaz)
• → Persian: وضع‎ (vaz')

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “وضع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic وَضْع‎ (waḍʿ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /wazʔ/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /wazʔ/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /væzʔ/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /vazʔ/

Noun

Dari	وضع
Iranian Persian
Tajik	вазъ (vazʾ)

وَضع • (vaz') (plural اُوضاع‎ (owzâ') or وَضع‌ها‎ (vaz'-hâ))

1. condition, situation, state

   Synonyms: وضعیت‎ (vaz'iyat), حال‎ (hâl)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 3608:

     ‏ز انکه مریم وقت وضع حمل خویش / بود از بیگانه دور و هم ز خویش‎

     z-ân-ke maryam vaqt-e vaz'-e haml-e xiš / bud az bigâne dur o ham ze xiš

     Mary in [her] pregnant state was not joined by any one: she did not return from without the town.

2. manner, way of acting
   • c. 1760, محمد یوسف خان (Muḥammad Yūsuf Khān), Hannah Lord Archambault, in "Geographies of Influence: Two Afghan Military Households in 17th and 18th Century South India" (2018, PhD), transl., تاریخ فتحیه [Tārikh-i Fatḥiya]‎^[3]:

     ‏وَ این تُرکتاز خان دَر دَکَّن مُتَوَلِّد شُده، خود را با وَضعِ مَرَتهه‌ها ساخته، دَر لِباس و خَوراک و مُخالِطَت با مَرَتهه‌ها قِسمی مُواقَفَت داشت که سَرِ مو اَز وَضعِ آنها با این تَفاوَت مَحسوس نِمی‌کَردَند. وَ دَر رَویه جَنگ نیز مِثلِ مَرَتهه‌ها بود.‎‎

     va in torktâz xân dar dakkan motavalled šode, xod-râ bâ vaz'-e marathe-hâ sâxte, dar lebâs o xorâk o moxâletat bâ marathe-hâ qesm-i movâqafat dâšt ke sar-e mu az vaz'-e ânhâ bâ in tafâvat mahsus ne-mi-kardand. va dar raviye-ye jang niz mesl-e marathe-hâ bud.

     And this Turktāz Khān [was] born in the Deccan and presented himself in the manner of the Marathas. In [his] clothing and food and conversation their they had such a degree of similarity that not a hair from their heads could be distinguished. In style of warfare also he was like the Marathas.

3. enactment

   Synonym: تصویب‎ (tasvib)

4. subtraction, deduction

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
و ض ع‎

Etymology

From Arabic وَضْع‎ (waḍʿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wadˤʕ/, [wɑdˤʕ]

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Noun

وضع • (waḍʕ) m (plural أوضاع‎ (ʔawḍāʕ))

1. situation, position