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خَضَع
to submit /ˈxɑ.dˤɑ.ʕɑ/
verbB2#3362 most common
Also: to yield, to be subjugated, to undergo
Example sentences
الطِّفْلُ يَخْضَعُ لِأُمِّهِ.
The child submits to his mother.
خَضَعَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ لِلْقَانُونِ الجَدِيدِ.
The company complied with the new law.
يَجِبُ أَنْ تَخْضَعَ لِلْفَحْصِ الطِّبِّيِّ قَبْلَ السَّفَرِ.
You must undergo a medical examination before traveling.
خَضَعَ الْمُتَّهَمُ لِلتَّحْقِيقِ لِسَاعَاتٍ طَوِيلَةٍ.
The suspect underwent interrogation for many long hours.
لَنْ نَخْضَعَ لِلضُّغُوطِ السِّيَاسِيَّةِ مَهْمَا كَلَّفَ الأَمْرُ.
We will not submit to political pressure, whatever the cost.
خَضَعَتِ المِنْطَقَةُ لِسَيْطَرَةِ الِاحْتِلَالِ عُقُودًا طَوِيلَةً قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنَالَ اسْتِقْلَالَهَا.
The region was subjected to the occupation's control for long decades before gaining its independence.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَخْضَعُ | خَضَعْتُ | سَأَخْضَعُ |
| 2sg | تَخْضَعُ | خَضَعْتَ | سَتَخْضَعُ |
| 3sg | يَخْضَعُ | خَضَعَ | سَيَخْضَعُ |
| 1pl | نَخْضَعُ | خَضَعْنَا | سَنَخْضَعُ |
| 2pl | تَخْضَعُونَ | خَضَعْتُمْ | سَتَخْضَعُونَ |
| 3pl | يَخْضَعُونَ | خَضَعُوا | سَيَخْضَعُونَ |
Word family
خُضُوعsubmission, humility
خاضِعsubmissive, subject to
إخْضاعsubjugation, act of subduing
أَخْضَعَto subjugate, to subdue
Etymology
Khaḍaʿa comes from the triliteral Arabic root kh-ḍ-ʿ, which carries the core sense of bowing, yielding, or being brought low. As a Form I verb it means to submit or to be subjected to something, whether a law, an authority, or a procedure. The same root gives rise to nouns and adjectives describing submission and subjugation across the Arabic word family.
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