Learn Arabic › A1 › وَقَف
وَقَف
to stand /ˈwa.qa.fa/
verbA1#613 most common
Also: to stop, to come to a halt, to stand up
Example sentences
وَقَفَ الْوَلَدُ.
The boy stood up.
وَقَفَتِ الْحَافِلَةُ أَمَامَ الْبَيْتِ.
The bus stopped in front of the house.
وَقَفْتُ فِي الطَّابُورِ سَاعَةً كَامِلَةً.
I stood in the queue for a whole hour.
وَقَفَ الطُّلَّابُ احْتِرَامًا لِلْمُعَلِّمِ عِنْدَمَا دَخَلَ الصَّفَّ.
The students stood out of respect for the teacher when he entered the classroom.
وَقَفَ الْخَطِيبُ أَمَامَ الْجُمْهُورِ وَأَلْقَى كَلِمَةً مُؤَثِّرَةً.
The speaker stood before the audience and delivered a moving speech.
وَقَفَ التَّارِيخُ شَاهِدًا عَلَى صُمُودِ الْمَدِينَةِ فِي وَجْهِ الْحِصَارِ.
History stood witness to the city's steadfastness in the face of the siege.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَقِفُ | وَقَفْتُ | سَأَقِفُ |
| 2sg | تَقِفُ | وَقَفْتَ | سَتَقِفُ |
| 3sg | يَقِفُ | وَقَفَ | سَيَقِفُ |
| 1pl | نَقِفُ | وَقَفْنَا | سَنَقِفُ |
| 2pl | تَقِفُونَ | وَقَفْتُمْ | سَتَقِفُونَ |
| 3pl | يَقِفُونَ | وَقَفُوا | سَيَقِفُونَ |
Word family
وُقُوف (wuqūf)standing, stopping
مَوْقِف (mawqif)position, stance, stop
تَوَقَّفَ (tawaqqafa)to halt, to cease
أَوْقَفَ (awqafa)to stop something, to bring to a halt
وَقْف (waqf)endowment; pause
Etymology
The verb comes from the triliteral Semitic root w-q-f, which carries the joined senses of standing and stopping. The same root gives waqf, the Islamic endowment whose property is held and barred from sale. The shared idea is bringing something to a stand and keeping it there.
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