ضَيْع
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Highlights
Present tense
يُضِيعُ
Verbal noun
إِضَاعَة
Active participle
مُضِيع
Passive participle
مُضَاع
Most common words from the same root
أَضَاعَ in English
Verb · Form IV
- to lose
- to waste, to squander
- to destroy by negligence
- to have great landed property, many estates
Words from the root ض-ي-ع
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ضَاعَ
· present يَضِيعُ
Form I · The plain action
to be lost; to get lost, to stray; to be in vain, to be for naught, to be futile
ضَيَّعَ
· present يُضَيِّعُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to lose, to misplace; to waste, to squander; to destroy by negligence
تَضْيِيع
wasting
مُضَيِّع
مُضَيَّع
أَضَاعَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | أَضَعْتُ | أُضِيعُ | أُضِيعَ | أُضِعْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | أَضَعْتَ | تُضِيعُ | تُضِيعَ | تُضِعْ | أَضِعْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | أَضَعْتِ | تُضِيعِينَ | تُضِيعِي | تُضِيعِي | أَضِيعِي |
| هُوَ he | أَضَاعَ | يُضِيعُ | يُضِيعَ | يُضِعْ | — |
| هِيَ she | أَضَاعَتْ | تُضِيعُ | تُضِيعَ | تُضِعْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | أَضَعْتُمَا | تُضِيعَانِ | تُضِيعَا | تُضِيعَا | أَضِيعَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | أَضَاعَا | يُضِيعَانِ | يُضِيعَا | يُضِيعَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | أَضَاعَتَا | تُضِيعَانِ | تُضِيعَا | تُضِيعَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | أَضَعْنَا | نُضِيعُ | نُضِيعَ | نُضِعْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | أَضَعْتُمْ | تُضِيعُونَ | تُضِيعُوا | تُضِيعُوا | أَضِيعُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | أَضَعْتُنَّ | تُضِعْنَ | تُضِعْنَ | تُضِعْنَ | أَضِعْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | أَضَاعُوا | يُضِيعُونَ | يُضِيعُوا | يُضِيعُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | أَضَعْنَ | يُضِعْنَ | يُضِعْنَ | يُضِعْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | إِضَاعَة |
|---|---|
| Active participle | مُضِيع |
| Passive participle | مُضَاع |
أَضَاعَ in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
مَنْ وَجَدَ حَيَاتَهُ يُضِيعُهَا، وَمَنْ أَضَاعَ حَيَاتَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِي يَجِدُهَا.He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.Matthew 10:39, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَإِذَا وَجَدَتْهُ تَدْعُو الصَّدِيقَاتِ وَالْجَارَاتِ قَائِلَةً: افْرَحْنَ مَعِي لأَنِّي وَجَدْتُ الدِّرْهَمَ الَّذِي أَضَعْتُهُ.And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.Luke 15:9, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
«أَوْ أَيَّةُ امْرَأَةٍ لَهَا عَشْرَةُ دَرَاهِمَ، إِنْ أَضَاعَتْ دِرْهَمًا وَاحِدًا، أَلاَ تُوقِدُ سِرَاجًا وَتَكْنُسُ الْبَيْتَ وَتُفَتِّشُ بِاجْتِهَادٍ حَتَّى تَجِدَهُ؟Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?Luke 15:8, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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