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واقِف
standing /ˈwaː.qif/
adjectiveB1#2678 most common
Also: stopped, parked, stationary
Example sentences
هو واقِف هناك.
He is standing there.
أنا واقِف أمام الباب.
I am standing in front of the door.
السيارة واقِفة أمام البيت.
The car is parked in front of the house.
كان الرجل واقِفًا في الشارع عندما بدأ المطر.
The man was standing in the street when the rain started.
الطلاب واقِفون في الطابور ينتظرون دورهم.
The students are standing in line, waiting their turn.
ظل واقِفًا صامتًا يراقب المشهد دون أن يبدي أي رد فعل.
He remained standing in silence, watching the scene without showing any reaction.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | واقِفٌ | واقِفونَ |
| Genitive | واقِفٍ | واقِفينَ |
| Accusative | واقِفًا | واقِفينَ |
| Vocative | يا واقِفُ | يا واقِفونَ |
Word family
وقف (waqafa)to stand, to stop
موقف (mawqif)position/stance, or a parking lot/bus stop
وقوف (wuquuf)standing (verbal noun)
توقف (tawaqquf)stopping, pausing
وقفة (waqfa)a pause, a single instance of standing
Etymology
واقِف is the active participle of the verb وقف (waqafa), "to stand" or "to stop," built on the triliteral Semitic root و-ق-ف. The root carries the core sense of coming to rest or holding a fixed position, and it spread across many derived words in Arabic tied to standing, pausing, and stopping. This is a native Semitic formation, not a borrowing, so it has no Indo-European root.
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