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وَعْي
consciousness /ˈwaʕj/
nounB1#1602 most common
Also: awareness, mindfulness, consciousness (state of being awake)
Example sentences
الوَعْي مُهِمٌّ.
Awareness is important.
فَقَدَ الرَّجُلُ وَعْيَهُ.
The man lost consciousness.
عَادَ إِلَيْهِ الوَعْي بَعْدَ الحَادِثِ.
Consciousness returned to him after the accident.
يَسْعَى المُعَلِّمُ إِلَى رَفْعِ وَعْي الطُّلَّابِ بِالبِيئَةِ.
The teacher works to raise the students' awareness of the environment.
لَا يُمْكِنُ تَحْقِيقُ التَّغْيِيرِ دُونَ وَعْي جَمَاعِيٍّ بِالمُشْكِلَةِ.
Change cannot be achieved without a collective awareness of the problem.
يَتَنَاوَلُ الفَيْلَسُوفُ إِشْكَالِيَّةَ الوَعْي وَعَلَاقَتَهُ بِالإِدْرَاكِ الحِسِّيِّ.
The philosopher addresses the problem of consciousness and its relation to sensory perception.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | وَعْيٌ | |
| Genitive | وَعْيٍ | |
| Accusative | وَعْياً | |
| Vocative | يا وَعْيُ |
Word family
وَعَىto be aware, to comprehend
وَاعٍconscious, aware
لَاوَعْيthe unconscious
تَوْعِيَةraising awareness, education
وِعَاءcontainer, vessel
Etymology
The word comes from the triliteral root و-ع-ي (w-ʿ-y), which carries the sense of holding, retaining, and comprehending. The same root yields وِعَاء, a vessel or container, and the link is that the aware mind holds and keeps what it takes in. وَعْي is the verbal noun of the verb وَعَى, to grasp or be conscious of.
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