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ضايَق
to annoy, bother /ˈdˤaː.ja.qa/
verbB2#3400 most common
Also: to irritate, to harass, to put someone in a tight spot
Example sentences
هُوَ ضايَقَني.
He annoyed me.
لا تُضايِق أُختَكَ.
Don't bother your sister.
ضايَقَتْني الحَرارةُ اليَومَ.
The heat bothered me today.
كانَ يُضايِقُ زُملاءَهُ في العَمَلِ بِأَسئِلَتِهِ الكَثيرة.
He used to bother his colleagues at work with his many questions.
لا أُريدُ أن أُضايِقَكَ، لكِنَّني بِحاجَةٍ إلى إجابَةٍ الآن.
I don't want to bother you, but I need an answer now.
رَغمَ مُحاوَلاتِهِ المُتَكَرِّرَةِ لِإصلاحِ العَلاقَة، ظَلَّ يُضايِقُها بِتَصَرُّفاتِهِ غَيرِ اللائِقة.
Despite his repeated attempts to fix the relationship, he kept bothering her with his inappropriate behavior.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُضايِق | ضايَقْتُ | سَأُضايِق |
| 2sg | تُضايِق | ضايَقْتَ | سَتُضايِق |
| 3sg | يُضايِق | ضايَقَ | سَيُضايِق |
| 1pl | نُضايِق | ضايَقْنا | سَنُضايِق |
| 2pl | تُضايِقون | ضايَقْتُم | سَتُضايِقون |
| 3pl | يُضايِقون | ضايَقوا | سَيُضايِقون |
Word family
ضاقto become narrow, to feel distressed
ضَيِّقnarrow, tight
ضيقnarrowness, distress
مُضايَقةannoyance, harassment
مُضايِقannoying, bothersome
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root ض-ي-ق, which carries the core sense of narrowness or tightness. The bare verb ضاق means to become narrow or to feel distressed, and the noun ضيق means narrowness or hardship. ضايَق is the Form III pattern built on this root, and Form III often adds a sense of directing an action at another person, so the word came to mean making things tight or uncomfortable for someone, that is, annoying or bothering them.
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