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وَقَّع
to sign (a document) /wɑqˈqɑʕɑ/
verbB2#3357 most common
Also: to endorse, to autograph, to countersign
Example sentences
أَنَا أُوَقِّعُ هُنَا.
I sign here.
وَقَّعَ المُدِيرُ العَقْدَ.
The manager signed the contract.
هَلْ وَقَّعْتَ عَلَى الوَرَقَةِ؟
Did you sign the paper?
يَجِبُ أَنْ تُوَقِّعَ هُنَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تُغَادِرَ.
You must sign here before you leave.
وَقَّعَ الرَّئِيسَانِ اتِّفَاقِيَّةَ السَّلَامِ أَمْسِ فِي حَفْلٍ رَسْمِيٍّ.
The two presidents signed the peace agreement yesterday at an official ceremony.
لَوْلَا أَنَّ المُحَامِيَ رَاجَعَ العَقْدَ بِدِقَّةٍ، لَمَا وَقَّعَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ دُونِ تَعْدِيلَاتٍ.
Had the lawyer not reviewed the contract carefully, the company would not have signed it without amendments.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُوَقِّعُ | وَقَّعْتُ | سَأُوَقِّعُ |
| 2sg | تُوَقِّعُ | وَقَّعْتَ | سَتُوَقِّعُ |
| 3sg | يُوَقِّعُ | وَقَّعَ | سَيُوَقِّعُ |
| 1pl | نُوَقِّعُ | وَقَّعْنَا | سَنُوَقِّعُ |
| 2pl | تُوَقِّعُونَ | وَقَّعْتُمْ | سَتُوَقِّعُونَ |
| 3pl | يُوَقِّعُونَ | وَقَّعُوا | سَيُوَقِّعُونَ |
Word family
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root w-q-ʿ, whose base sense is "to fall" or "to occur", seen in the simple verb وَقَعَ. This Form II verb doubles the middle radical to give a causative or intensive sense: to make something fall or land in place. Over time this settled on the specific act of placing one's mark or name on a document, hence "to sign".
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