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وَرْطَة
predicament /ˈwarˤtˤɑ/
nounB1#2324 most common
Also: jam, fix, mess
Example sentences
أنا في وَرْطَة.
I am in a jam.
هو في وَرْطَة كبيرة الآن.
He is in a big mess right now.
وقعنا في وَرْطَة بسبب إغلاق الطريق.
We fell into a predicament because the road was closed.
نسيت محفظتي في البيت وهذا وضعني في وَرْطَة حقيقية.
I forgot my wallet at home, and that put me in a real predicament.
ساعدني أصدقائي على الخروج من هذه الوَرْطَة.
My friends helped me get out of this jam.
كانت الوَرْطَة التي وجد نفسه فيها نتيجة قرارات متسرعة اتخذها من دون تفكير.
The predicament he found himself in was the result of hasty decisions he made without thinking.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | وَرْطَةٌ | وِرَطٌ |
| Genitive | وَرْطَةٍ | وِرَطٍ |
| Accusative | وَرْطَةً | وِرَطًا |
| Vocative | يا وَرْطَةُ | يا وِرَطُ |
Word family
تَوَرَّطَto get entangled or embroiled in trouble
وَرَّطَto embroil or implicate someone
تَوْرِيطthe act of implicating someone
مُتَوَرِّطembroiled, implicated
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root w-r-ṭ, tied to the verb waraṭa, meaning to fall into or get stuck in something, originally a mire or soft ground. Warṭah is the noun formed from this root, naming the state of being stuck. Arabic later widened the sense from physical entrapment to any difficult or awkward situation, which is how it is used today.
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