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وُثُوق

trust /wuˈθuːq/

nounB1#2478 most common

Also: confidence, certainty, reliance

Example sentences

لَدَيَّ وُثُوقٌ كَبِيرٌ بِصَدِيقِي.
I have great trust in my friend.
وُثُوقُهَا بِنَفْسِهَا يُسَاعِدُهَا فِي عَمَلِهَا.
Her self-confidence helps her in her work.
بَنَيْنَا عَلَاقَتَنَا عَلَى وُثُوقٍ مُتَبَادَلٍ.
We built our relationship on mutual trust.
فَقَدَ الْمُوَظَّفُونَ وُثُوقَهُمْ بِالْإِدَارَةِ بَعْدَ الْقَرَارِ الْأَخِيرِ.
The employees lost their trust in management after the recent decision.
يُعَدُّ الْوُثُوقُ الْمُتَبَادَلُ رُكْنًا أَسَاسِيًّا فِي أَيِّ شَرَاكَةٍ تِجَارِيَّةٍ نَاجِحَةٍ.
Mutual trust is a fundamental pillar in any successful business partnership.
إِنَّ تَآكُلَ الْوُثُوقِ الْعَامِّ بِالْمُؤَسَّسَاتِ يُهَدِّدُ بِتَقْوِيضِ شَرْعِيَّةِ النِّظَامِ السِّيَاسِيِّ بِرُمَّتِهِ.
The erosion of public trust in institutions threatens to undermine the legitimacy of the entire political system.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeوُثُوقٌ
Genitiveوُثُوقٍ
Accusativeوُثُوقًا
Vocativeيَا وُثُوقُ

Word family

ثِقَةtrust, confidence
وَثِقَto trust, to rely on
وَثَّقَto document, to verify, to authenticate
مِيثَاقcovenant, charter, pact
وَثِيقَةdocument

Etymology

وُثُوق comes from the Semitic triliteral root و-ث-ق, whose core sense is to bind or tie firmly. From that physical idea of a tight bond, Arabic extended the root to the abstract idea of reliability: something firmly fastened can be relied on. وُثُوق is the masdar, or verbal noun, of the verb وَثِقَ (to trust, to rely on), built on the فُعُول pattern.

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