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أَوْقَع
to inflict (harm, loss, or damage) on someone; to cause to fall into /ˈʔawqaʕa/
verbB1#2391 most common
Also: to bring about (discord, a crisis), to cause to fall into (a trap, a crisis), to impose (a penalty)
Example sentences
الوَلَدُ أَوْقَعَ الكِتَابَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ.
The boy dropped the book on the floor.
هَلْ أَوْقَعْتَ هَاتِفَكَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى؟
Did you drop your phone again?
أَوْقَعَ العَدُوُّ خَسَائِرَ كَبِيرَةً بِالجَيْشِ المُنَافِسِ.
The enemy inflicted heavy losses on the rival army.
أَوْقَعَهُ صَدِيقُهُ فِي مَشْكِلَةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ بِسَبَبِ نَصِيحَتِهِ السَّيِّئَةِ.
His friend got him into big trouble because of his bad advice.
حَاوَلَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ أَنْ تُوقِعَ مُنَافِسَهَا فِي أَزْمَةٍ مَالِيَّةٍ خَانِقَةٍ.
The company tried to plunge its competitor into a suffocating financial crisis.
أَوْقَعَتِ الحُكُومَةُ عُقُوبَاتٍ صَارِمَةً بِحَقِّ الشَّرِكَاتِ الَّتِي تُخَالِفُ قَوَانِينَ حِمَايَةِ البِيئَةِ.
The government imposed strict penalties on companies that violate environmental protection laws.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُوقِعُ | أَوْقَعْتُ | سَأُوقِعُ |
| 2sg | تُوقِعُ | أَوْقَعْتَ | سَتُوقِعُ |
| 3sg | يُوقِعُ | أَوْقَعَ | سَيُوقِعُ |
| 1pl | نُوقِعُ | أَوْقَعْنَا | سَنُوقِعُ |
| 2pl | تُوقِعُونَ | أَوْقَعْتُمْ | سَتُوقِعُونَ |
| 3pl | يُوقِعُونَ | أَوْقَعُوا | سَيُوقِعُونَ |
Word family
وَقَعَto fall, to happen
وَاقِعreality; actual
مَوْقِعlocation, site, positionتَوَقَّعَto expect, to anticipate
إِيقَاعrhythm, beat (verbal noun of أَوْقَعَ)
Etymology
أَوْقَع comes from the triliteral Semitic root و-ق-ع (w-q-ʿ), whose base verb وَقَعَ means 'to fall' or 'to happen'. Arabic builds a causative by adding a prefix أَ- and lengthening the pattern to أَفْعَلَ, so أَوْقَعَ literally means 'to make fall' or 'to make happen'. From that literal sense the word extended to 'inflict', 'bring about', and 'cause to fall into (a trap or crisis)'. As a Semitic root it has no Proto-Indo-European ancestor.
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