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زَوْجَة
wife /ˈzaw.dʒa/
nounA1#238 most common
Also: spouse (female), married woman
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ زَوْجَتِي.
This is my wife.
زَوْجَتِي تَعْمَلُ فِي مُسْتَشْفَى.
My wife works at a hospital.
ذَهَبْتُ مَعَ زَوْجَتِي إِلَى السُّوقِ أَمْسِ.
I went with my wife to the market yesterday.
تَعْتَنِي زَوْجَتُهُ بِالأَطْفَالِ بَيْنَمَا يَعْمَلُ هُوَ بَعِيدًا.
His wife looks after the children while he works far away.
لَطَالَمَا كَانَتْ زَوْجَتُهُ سَنَدًا لَهُ فِي أَصْعَبِ الأَوْقَاتِ.
His wife has always been a support to him in the hardest of times.
تَتَمَتَّعُ زَوْجَةُ الوَزِيرِ بِنُفُوذٍ كَبِيرٍ فِي الأَوْسَاطِ السِّيَاسِيَّةِ رَغْمَ ابْتِعَادِهَا عَنِ الأَضْوَاءِ.
The minister's wife enjoys considerable influence in political circles despite staying out of the spotlight.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | زَوْجَةٌ | زَوْجَاتٌ |
| Genitive | زَوْجَةٍ | زَوْجَاتٍ |
| Accusative | زَوْجَةً | زَوْجَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا زَوْجَةُ | يَا زَوْجَاتُ |
Word family
زَوْج (zawj)husband, spouse, pair
زَوَاج (zawāj)marriage
تَزَوَّ␣جَ (tazawwaja)to marry, get married
مُتَزَوِّ␣ج (mutazawwij)married
زَوَّ␣جَ (zawwaja)to marry off, give in marriage
Etymology
زوجة is the feminine of زوج (zawj), which means a pair, a yoke, or one of a couple, and by extension a spouse. The form is built on the Semitic root ز-و-ج. Many scholars argue that زوج itself entered Arabic early as a loan from Greek ζεῦγος, 'yoke, pair,' probably through Aramaic. The feminine ending ة then marked the female partner, giving the sense 'wife.'
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