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فاقِد
lacking, missing, deprived of /ˈfaː.qid/
adjectiveB2#3716 most common
Also: having lost, devoid of, bereft of
Example sentences
هو فاقد الوعي.
He is unconscious.
المريض فاقد الوعي منذ الحادث.
The patient has been unconscious since the accident.
أصبحت فاقدة الأمل بعد الفشل المتكرر.
She became hopeless after repeated failure.
الرجل فاقد الذاكرة لا يتذكر اسمه.
The amnesiac man does not remember his name.
الشركة فاقدة لثقة المستثمرين بسبب الفضيحة.
The company has lost the trust of its investors because of the scandal.
يعيش اللاجئون فاقدين لكل ممتلكاتهم بعد الحرب.
The refugees live having lost all their possessions after the war.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فاقدٌ | فاقدون |
| Genitive | فاقدٍ | فاقدين |
| Accusative | فاقداً | فاقدين |
| Vocative | فاقدُ | فاقدون |
Word family
فَقَدَto lose, to miss
فِقْدَانloss, deprivation
مَفْقُودmissing, lostافْتِقَادthe sense or act of missing something
تَفَاقُدmutual checking on one another (rare, same root)
Etymology
Fāqid is the active participle of the verb faqada, meaning to lose or to be without something. The root f-q-d is Semitic, not Indo-European, so it has no Proto-Indo-European ancestor. It is a native Arabic form built entirely on the fāʿil participle pattern.
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