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وَقَع
to fall /ˈwa.qa.ʕa/
verbA1#536 most common
Also: to happen, to occur, to take place
Example sentences
وَقَعَ الكِتابُ.
The book fell.
وَقَعَ الطِّفلُ على الأرضِ.
The child fell on the ground.
وَقَعَ حادثٌ في الشارعِ صباحَ اليومِ.
An accident happened on the street this morning.
لم أكن أعلم أنّ الخطأَ وَقَعَ بسببِ إهمالي.
I did not know that the mistake occurred because of my negligence.
وَقَعَتِ المدينةُ في أيدي الأعداءِ بعدَ حصارٍ طويلٍ.
The city fell into the hands of the enemies after a long siege.
ما كان لِيَقَعَ هذا الخلافُ لولا سوءُ الفهمِ الذي نشأ بينهما.
This dispute would never have occurred had it not been for the misunderstanding that arose between them.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَقَعُ | وَقَعْتُ | سَأَقَعُ |
| 2sg | تَقَعُ | وَقَعْتَ | سَتَقَعُ |
| 3sg | يَقَعُ | وَقَعَ | سَيَقَعُ |
| 1pl | نَقَعُ | وَقَعْنا | سَنَقَعُ |
| 2pl | تَقَعُونَ | وَقَعْتُمْ | سَتَقَعُونَ |
| 3pl | يَقَعُونَ | وَقَعُوا | سَيَقَعُونَ |
Word family
Etymology
The verb comes from the triliteral Semitic root و-ق-ع (w-q-ʿ), whose core sense is something coming down and landing. From the physical idea of falling, the root extended to the abstract sense of an event taking place. The same root gives nouns such as واقِع (reality) and مَوقِع (location, site).
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