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وَجْه
face /ˈwadʒh/
nounA1#262 most common
Also: aspect, side, front
Example sentences
وَجْهُهَا جَمِيلٌ.
Her face is beautiful.
غَسَلْتُ وَجْهِي بِالْمَاءِ.
I washed my face with water.
ظَهَرَ الْفَرَحُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ.
Joy showed on his face.
نَظَرْتُ إِلَى وَجْهِهِ لَكِنِّي لَمْ أَفْهَمْ مَا يَشْعُرُ بِهِ.
I looked at his face but I did not understand what he felt.
لِهَذِهِ الْمَسْأَلَةِ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ وَجْهٍ، وَيَجِبُ أَنْ نَدْرُسَهَا كُلَّهَا.
This matter has more than one aspect, and we must study all of them.
لَا يَصِحُّ الْحُكْمُ عَلَى الْأُمُورِ مِنْ وَجْهٍ وَاحِدٍ دُونَ النَّظَرِ إِلَى وُجُوهِهَا الْأُخْرَى.
It is wrong to judge matters from a single aspect without looking at their other sides.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | وَجْهٌ | وُجُوهٌ |
| Genitive | وَجْهٍ | وُجُوهٍ |
| Accusative | وَجْهًا | وُجُوهًا |
| Vocative | يَا وَجْهُ | يَا وُجُوهُ |
Word family
وِجْهَةdirection, viewpointجِهَةside, direction
وَاجَهَto face, to confront
مُوَاجَهَةconfrontation
اِتِّجَاهdirection
Etymology
وَجْه comes from the triliteral root و-ج-ه (w-j-h), which carries the sense of facing or turning toward. The face is the part of the body a person turns toward others. The same root yields words for direction, destination, and confrontation.
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