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أَضْعَف
weakened /ʔadˤˈʕafa/
verbB2#4275 most common
Also: enfeebled, debilitated, undermined
Example sentences
هٰذَا الْمَرَضُ أَضْعَفَ جِسْمِي.
This illness weakened my body.
أَضْعَفَتِ الْحَرْبُ اقْتِصَادَ الْبِلَادِ.
The war weakened the country's economy.
قِلَّةُ النَّوْمِ تُضْعِفُ التَّرْكِيزَ.
Lack of sleep weakens concentration.
أَضْعَفَ الْفَسَادُ ثِقَةَ النَّاسِ بِالْحُكُومَةِ.
Corruption weakened people's trust in the government.
يُضْعِفُ التَّدْخِينُ الْمُزْمِنُ جِهَازَ الْمَنَاعَةِ تَدْرِيجِيًّا.
Chronic smoking gradually weakens the immune system.
لَمْ تُضْعِفِ الْعُقُوبَاتُ الاقْتِصَادِيَّةُ عَزِيمَةَ الشَّعْبِ رَغْمَ الضُّغُوطِ الْمُتَوَاصِلَةِ.
The economic sanctions did not weaken the people's resolve despite the continuous pressure.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُضْعِفُ | أَضْعَفْتُ | سَأُضْعِفُ |
| 2sg | تُضْعِفُ | أَضْعَفْتَ | سَتُضْعِفُ |
| 3sg | يُضْعِفُ | أَضْعَفَ | سَيُضْعِفُ |
| 1pl | نُضْعِفُ | أَضْعَفْنَا | سَنُضْعِفُ |
| 2pl | تُضْعِفُونَ | أَضْعَفْتُمْ | سَتُضْعِفُونَ |
| 3pl | يُضْعِفُونَ | أَضْعَفُوا | سَيُضْعِفُونَ |
Word family
ضَعِيفweak
ضَعْفweakness
ضَعُفَto be or become weak
إِضْعَافthe act of weakening
تَضَعْضَعَto grow shaky or feeble
Etymology
The verb comes from the triliteral root ض ع ف, which carries the core sense of weakness. The base verb ضَعُفَ means 'to be or become weak.' Prefixing the causative Form IV pattern أَفْعَلَ produces أَضْعَفَ, which shifts the meaning from a state to an action: to make something weak, that is, to weaken it. This root is native to Arabic and has no established Indo-European ancestry.
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