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أَضاع
to lose (something) or waste it /ʔaˈdˤaːʕa/
verbB2#3391 most common
Also: to squander, to misplace, to forfeit
Example sentences
أَضَاعَ الوَلَدُ الكُرَةَ.
The boy lost the ball.
أَضَعْتُ مَفَاتِيحِي فِي البَيْتِ.
I lost my keys at home.
لا تُضِعْ وَقْتَكَ فِي مُشَاهَدَةِ التِّلْفَاز.
Don't waste your time watching television.
أَضَاعَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ فُرْصَةً كَبِيرَةً بِسَبَبِ التَّأْخِيرِ.
The company lost a big opportunity because of the delay.
أَضَاعَ الجُنُودُ طَرِيقَهُمْ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ أَثْنَاءَ العَاصِفَةِ الرَّمْلِيَّةِ.
The soldiers lost their way in the desert during the sandstorm.
لَوْ لَمْ يُضِعْ حُقُوقَهُ بِسَبَبِ إِهْمَالِهِ القَانُونِيِّ، لَكَانَ قَدِ اسْتَرَدَّ مَالَهُ كَامِلاً.
Had he not squandered his rights through his legal negligence, he would have recovered his money in full.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُضِيعُ | أَضَعْتُ | سَأُضِيعُ |
| 2sg | تُضِيعُ | أَضَعْتَ | سَتُضِيعُ |
| 3sg | يُضِيعُ | أَضَاعَ | سَيُضِيعُ |
| 1pl | نُضِيعُ | أَضَعْنَا | سَنُضِيعُ |
| 2pl | تُضِيعُونَ | أَضَعْتُمْ | سَتُضِيعُونَ |
| 3pl | يُضِيعُونَ | أَضَاعُوا | سَيُضِيعُونَ |
Word family
ضَاعَto be lost, to go missing
إِضَاعَةthe act of losing or wasting
ضَائِعlost, wasted, adrift
مُضِيعone who wastes or loses something
ضَيَاعloss, perdition, ruin
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root ḍ-y-ʿ, which carries the sense of being lost, missing, or neglected. The base form ضَاعَ means simply to be lost. Form IV, أَضَاعَ, adds a causative prefix, turning that intransitive sense into a transitive one: to cause something to be lost, that is, to lose it or waste it.
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