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مُطِيع
obedient /muˈtˤiːʕ/
adjectiveB2#3386 most common
Also: compliant, dutiful, submissive
Example sentences
هُوَ وَلَدٌ مُطِيعٌ.
He is an obedient boy.
ابْنَتِي مُطِيعَةٌ دَائِمًا وَتَسْمَعُ كَلَامَ وَالِدَيْهَا.
My daughter is always obedient and listens to her parents.
الطُّلَّابُ المُطِيعُونَ يَحْتَرِمُونَ مُعَلِّمِيهِمْ.
Obedient students respect their teachers.
كَانَ الجُنْدِيُّ مُطِيعًا لِأَوَامِرِ قَائِدِهِ حَتَّى فِي أَصْعَبِ الظُّرُوفِ.
The soldier was obedient to his commander's orders even in the hardest conditions.
يُرَبِّي كَثِيرٌ مِنَ الآبَاءِ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ لِيَكُونُوا مُطِيعِينَ لِلْقَوَانِينِ وَمُحْتَرِمِينَ لِحُقُوقِ الآخَرِينَ.
Many parents raise their children to be obedient to the law and respectful of others' rights.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ طَبْعِهِ العَنِيدِ فِي شَبَابِهِ، أَصْبَحَ الرَّجُلُ مُطِيعًا لِنَصَائِحِ الأَطِبَّاءِ بَعْدَ أَنْ شُخِّصَتْ حَالَتُهُ الصِّحِّيَةُ الخَطِيرَةُ.
Despite his stubborn nature in his youth, the man became obedient to the doctors' advice after his serious condition was diagnosed.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُطِيعٌ | مُطِيعُونَ |
| Genitive | مُطِيعٍ | مُطِيعِينَ |
| Accusative | مُطِيعًا | مُطِيعِينَ |
| Vocative | مُطِيعُ | مُطِيعُونَ |
Word family
طَاعَةobedience
أَطَاعَto obey
طَائِعobedient, compliant
تَطَوَّعَto volunteer
مُتَطَوِّعvolunteer
Etymology
مُطِيع comes from the Semitic root ط-و-ع, which carries the sense of yielding or complying. The verb أَطَاعَ (Form IV) means to obey, and مُطِيع is its active participle, literally the one who is doing the obeying. The same root gives طَاعَة, obedience, and later shifted in Form V to describe volunteering, since a volunteer is someone who yields to a task willingly.
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