Learn Arabic › A1 › وَضَع
وَضَع
to put, to place, to lay down /ˈwa.dˤa.ʕa/
verbA1#212 most common
Also: to place, to set down, to draw up (a plan, law)
Example sentences
وَضَعَ الكِتَابَ عَلَى الطَّاوِلَةِ.
He put the book on the table.
أَيْنَ وَضَعْتَ مَفَاتِيحِي؟
Where did you put my keys?
يَضَعُ العُمَّالُ الصَّنَادِيقَ فِي المُسْتَوْدَعِ.
The workers put the boxes in the warehouse.
وَضَعَتِ الحُكُومَةُ خُطَّةً جَدِيدَةً لِمُكَافَحَةِ البَطَالَةِ.
The government drew up a new plan to fight unemployment.
وَضَعَ الفَيْلَسُوفُ أُسُسَ نَظَرِيَّتِهِ فِي كِتَابِهِ الأَخِيرِ.
The philosopher laid the foundations of his theory in his last book.
لَمْ يَجِدِ المُجْتَمَعُ الدُّوَلِيُّ بُدًّا مِنْ أَنْ يَضَعَ حَدًّا لِلنِّزَاعِ الَّذِي طَالَ أَمَدُهُ.
The international community had no choice but to put an end to the conflict that had dragged on for so long.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَضَعُ | وَضَعْتُ | سَأَضَعُ |
| 2sg | تَضَعُ | وَضَعْتَ | سَتَضَعُ |
| 3sg | يَضَعُ | وَضَعَ | سَيَضَعُ |
| 1pl | نَضَعُ | وَضَعْنَا | سَنَضَعُ |
| 2pl | تَضَعُونَ | وَضَعْتُمْ | سَتَضَعُونَ |
| 3pl | يَضَعُونَ | وَضَعُوا | سَيَضَعُونَ |
Word family
وَضْعsituation, position, statusمَوْضُوعsubject, topic, themeمَوْضِعplace, spot, location
وَاضِعauthor, framer, one who lays something down
تَوَاضُعhumility, modesty
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic triconsonantal root و-ض-ع (w-ḍ-ʿ), which carries the idea of placing or setting something down. It is an assimilated verb, so it loses its initial wāw in the present tense and becomes يَضَعُ. The same root yields the noun وَضْع ('situation, position') and مَوْضِع ('place'), all tied to where a thing is set.
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