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ضِيق
narrowness, tightness /ˈdˤiːq/
nounB1#2816 most common
Also: distress, constraint, shortness (of breath, time, patience)
Example sentences
أشعر بضِيق.
I feel a tightness (uneasiness).
الغرفةُ فيها ضِيق.
The room is cramped.
يشتكي من ضِيق التنفس.
He complains of shortness of breath.
شعرتُ بضِيقٍ شديدٍ عندما سمعتُ الخبر.
I felt severe distress when I heard the news.
يعاني الموظفون من ضِيق الوقت لإنجاز المشروع.
The employees suffer from a lack of time to finish the project.
ضِيق الأفق يمنع بعض القادة من رؤية الصورة الكاملة.
Narrow-mindedness stops some leaders from seeing the full picture.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ضِيقٌ (ḍīqun) | no common plural (abstract noun) |
| Genitive | ضِيقٍ (ḍīqin) | no common plural (abstract noun) |
| Accusative | ضِيقًا (ḍīqan) | no common plural (abstract noun) |
| Vocative | يا ضِيقُ (yā ḍīqu) | no common plural (abstract noun) |
Word family
ضاق (يضيق)to become narrow, tight; to feel distressed
ضَيِّقnarrow, tight
مضيقstrait, narrow passage
تضييقrestriction, tightening
ضائقةpredicament, crisis (often financial)
Etymology
ضِيق comes from the triliteral Semitic root ḍ-y-q, which carries the core sense of being narrow or tight. Arabic built a full family from this root: the verb ضاق (to become narrow), the adjective ضَيِّق (narrow), and the noun مضيق (strait). ضِيق itself is the verbal noun, naming the state of narrowness directly, and by extension the felt pressure or distress that narrowness causes.
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