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تَوَقَّف
to stop, to come to a halt /ta.ˈwaq.qa.fa/
verbA1#318 most common
Also: to halt, to pause, to cease, to depend on (with عَلَى)
Example sentences
تَوَقَّفَ القِطَارُ.
The train stopped.
تَوَقَّفَ المَطَرُ فَجْأَةً.
The rain stopped suddenly.
تَوَقَّفْتُ عَنِ التَّدْخِينِ مُنْذُ سَنَةٍ.
I stopped smoking a year ago.
تَوَقَّفَتِ المُفَاوَضَاتُ بَيْنَ البَلَدَيْنِ بِسَبَبِ الخِلَافَاتِ.
Negotiations between the two countries halted because of the disagreements.
يَتَوَقَّفُ نَجَاحُ المَشْرُوعِ عَلَى مَدَى الْتِزَامِ الفَرِيقِ.
The project's success depends on the team's commitment.
لَمْ تَتَوَقَّفِ الحَيَاةُ عِنْدَ تِلْكَ اللَّحْظَةِ، بَلِ اسْتَمَرَّتْ رَغْمَ كُلِّ الخَسَائِرِ.
Life did not stop at that moment; it went on despite all the losses.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَتَوَقَّفُ | تَوَقَّفْتُ | سَأَتَوَقَّفُ |
| 2sg | تَتَوَقَّفُ | تَوَقَّفْتَ | سَتَتَوَقَّفُ |
| 3sg | يَتَوَقَّفُ | تَوَقَّفَ | سَيَتَوَقَّفُ |
| 1pl | نَتَوَقَّفُ | تَوَقَّفْنَا | سَنَتَوَقَّفُ |
| 2pl | تَتَوَقَّفُونَ | تَوَقَّفْتُمْ | سَتَتَوَقَّفُونَ |
| 3pl | يَتَوَقَّفُونَ | تَوَقَّفُوا | سَيَتَوَقَّفُونَ |
Word family
وَقَفَto stand, to stop
أَوْقَفَto halt or suspend something, to arrest
تَوَقُّفa stop, a halt, a pause; dependence (on)
مَوْقِفstop, station, parking lot; stanceوُقُوفstanding, stoppingEtymology
The word comes from the triliteral Semitic root و-ق-ف (w-q-f), which carries the idea of standing and stopping. It is the Form V derivation (تَفَعَّلَ), built by adding the prefix تَـ and doubling the middle consonant. Form V gives a reflexive, middle sense: to bring oneself to a stop. The same root yields the noun وَقْف (waqf), an Islamic endowment that is 'held' or fixed in place.
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