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واضِح
clear /ˈwaː.dˤiħ/
adjectiveA1#375 most common
Also: evident, obvious, plain
Example sentences
هٰذا واضِح.
This is clear.
الكلام واضِح جِدًّا.
What you said is very clear.
شَرحُك واضِح ومُفيد.
Your explanation is clear and helpful.
مِن الواضِح أنّه لم يَفهَم السؤال.
It is clear that he did not understand the question.
كانت تعليماتُها واضِحةً، لكنّ النتيجة جاءت مُختلِفة.
Her instructions were clear, but the outcome turned out different.
رغمَ وُضوحِ الأدلّة، ظلَّ موقِفُه غيرَ واضِحٍ حتى النهاية.
Despite the clarity of the evidence, his stance stayed unclear until the end.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | واضِحٌ | واضِحونَ |
| Genitive | واضِحٍ | واضِحينَ |
| Accusative | واضِحاً | واضِحينَ |
| Vocative | يا واضِحُ | يا واضِحونَ |
Word family
وُضوحclarity
وَضَّحَto clarify, explain
أَوْضَحَto make clear
واضِحةclear (feminine)
بِوُضوحclearly
Etymology
واضِح is the active participle of the Form I verb وَضَحَ, 'to become clear or apparent.' It is built on the triliteral Semitic root و-ض-ح (w-ḍ-ḥ), which carries the sense of visibility and plainness. Arabic is a Semitic language, so the word has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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