وقع

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.qa.ʕa/

Verb

وَقَعَ • (waqaʕa) I, non-past يَقَعُ‎ (yaqaʕu)

1. to fall down, to fall
2. to occur to the mind
3. to alight
4. to kneel down
5. to lie down
6. to happen, to occur
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 77:7:

     إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَاقِعٌ

     ʔinnamā tūʕadūna lawāqiʕun

     Surely what you are promised will happen.

7. to befall
8. to be firm, solid, fortified
9. to be necessary, incumbent, indispensable
10. to run across, to meet with (عَلَى (ʕalā))
11. to arrive (إلَى (ʔilā) at)
12. to consist of (فِي (fī))
13. to have sexual intercourse (عَلَى (ʕalā) with)
14. to be located at

Conjugation

Verb

وَقَعَ • (waqaʕa) I, non-past يَقَعُ‎ (yaqaʕu)

1. to hurry away, to depart
2. to rush upon, to attack and fight (بِ (bi) someone)
3. to desist
4. to intercede in favor of
5. to sharpen

Conjugation

Verb

وَقَعَ • (waqaʕa) I, non-past يَقَعُ‎ (yaqaʕu)

1. to slander, to insult, to blacken (one's) character (فِي (fī) or بِ (bi) someone)

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waq.qa.ʕa/

Verb

وَقَّعَ • (waqqaʕa) II, non-past يُوَقِّعُ‎ (yuwaqqiʕu)

1. to apply
2. to adjust, arrange
3. to sign (put a signature onto)
4. to seal (sign with a seal)
5. to register
6. to write down, put into writing

Conjugation

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waqʕ/

Noun

وَقْع • (waqʕ) m

1. verbal noun of وَقَعَ (waqaʕa) (form I)
2. falling, fall, blow, stroke
3. event
4. gravity of bearing or manners

Declension

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “وقع”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 829–831
• Freytag, Georg (1837) “وقع”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 494
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “وقع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, pages 1226–1227
• Wahrmund, Adolf (1887) “وقع”, in Handwörterbuch der neu-arabischen und deutschen Sprache‎ (in German), volume 2, Gießen: J. Ricker’sche Buchhandlung, page 1210
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “وقع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, pages 1276–1277

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic وَقَّعَ (waqqaʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waɡ.ɡaʕ/

Verb

وَقَّع • (waggaʕ) II (non-past يِوَقِّع (yiwaggiʕ))

1. to sign

Conjugation

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic وَقَعَ (waqaʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /wi.ʔiʕ/,
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /wi.ɡiʕ/,

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Verb

وقع • (wiʔiʕ) I (present بوقع (būʔaʕ))

1. to fall, to fall down

   وقع من شجرة و انكسرت ايده.

   wiʔiʕ min šajara w-inkasarat ʔīdo

   He fell from a tree and broke his hand (lit. his hand broke).

2. (intransitive) to drop

   وقع منّك الجزدان

   wiʔiʕ minnak il-juzdān

   You dropped your wallet (lit. the wallet fell from you).

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Arabic وَقَّعَ (waqqaʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /waʔ.ʔaʕ/,
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /waɡ.ɡaʕ/,

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Verb

وقّع • (waʔʔaʕ) II (present بوقّع (biwaʔʔeʕ))

1. to knock over, to drop (something)
2. (formal) to sign

Conjugation