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ضائِع
lost /ˈdˤaː.ʔiʕ/
adjectiveB1#3000 most common
Also: wasted, astray, adrift
Example sentences
هذا الوقتُ ضائعٌ.
This time is wasted.
الولدُ ضائعٌ في السوق.
The boy is lost in the market.
شعرتُ بأنني ضائعٌ بدون خريطة.
I felt lost without a map.
كانت الفتاةُ ضائعةً بين الحشود.
The girl was lost among the crowds.
بدون هدفٍ واضح، يبقى المرءُ ضائعًا في حياته.
Without a clear goal, a person stays lost in his life.
لم يكن الجهدُ ضائعًا، بل أثمر نتائج باهرة.
The effort was not wasted; it bore brilliant results instead.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ضائِعٌ | ضائِعونَ |
| Genitive | ضائِعٍ | ضائِعينَ |
| Accusative | ضائِعًا | ضائِعينَ |
| Vocative | يا ضائِعُ | يا ضائِعونَ |
Word family
ضاعَto be lost, to get lost, to be wasted
أضاعَto lose or waste something
إضاعةthe act of wasting or losing
ضَياعloss, perdition, aimlessness
Etymology
ضائِع comes from the Arabic triliteral root ض-ي-ع (ḍ-y-ʿ), which carries the sense of being lost, perishing, or going to waste. It is the active participle of the hollow verb ضاعَ (ḍāʿa), "to be lost" or "to be wasted." The middle radical, a weak yāʾ, is replaced by a hamza in this participle form, which is a regular feature of hollow-root participles in Arabic.
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