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أَوْضَح
to clarify /ʔawˈdˤaħa/
verbB1#2443 most common
Also: to explain, to make clear, to elucidate
Example sentences
هُوَ أَوْضَحَ الدَّرْسَ.
He clarified the lesson.
أَوْضَحَتِ المُعَلِّمَةُ القَاعِدَةَ لِلطُّلَّابِ.
The teacher clarified the rule for the students.
هَلْ يُمْكِنُكَ أَنْ تُوضِحَ رَأْيَكَ أَكْثَر؟
Can you clarify your opinion further?
أَوْضَحَ الوَزِيرُ فِي المُؤْتَمَرِ الصَّحَفِيِّ أَسْبَابَ القَرَارِ الجَدِيدِ.
The minister clarified the reasons for the new decision at the press conference.
يَجِبُ عَلَى الكَاتِبِ أَنْ يُوضِحَ أَفْكَارَهُ بِوُضُوحٍ حَتَّى يَفْهَمَهَا القَارِئُ دُونَ لَبْسٍ.
A writer must clarify his ideas clearly so the reader understands them without ambiguity.
أَوْضَحَتِ الدِّرَاسَةُ الَّتِي نُشِرَتْ مُؤَخَّرًا أَنَّ التَّغَيُّرَ المُنَاخِيَّ يُؤَثِّرُ بِشَكْلٍ مُبَاشِرٍ عَلَى أَنْمَاطِ الهِجْرَةِ.
The recently published study clarified that climate change directly affects migration patterns.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُوضِحُ | أَوْضَحْتُ | سَأُوضِحُ |
| 2sg | تُوضِحُ | أَوْضَحْتَ | سَتُوضِحُ |
| 3sg | يُوضِحُ | أَوْضَحَ | سَيُوضِحُ |
| 1pl | نُوضِحُ | أَوْضَحْنَا | سَنُوضِحُ |
| 2pl | تُوضِحُونَ | أَوْضَحْتُمْ | سَتُوضِحُونَ |
| 3pl | يُوضِحُونَ | أَوْضَحُوا | سَيُوضِحُونَ |
Word family
وَاضِحclear, obvious
وُضُوحclarityإِيضَاحclarification, elucidation
اتَّضَحَto become clear
مُوضِحone who clarifies, clarifying
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root w-ḍ-ḥ, which carries the core sense of clearness, brightness, and visibility. The Form IV pattern ʔafʿala adds a causative meaning to the base root, so awḍaḥa literally means to cause something to become clear. Arabic is a Semitic language, not an Indo-European one, so it has no Proto-Indo-European ancestry.
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