واقعة

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See also: واقعه

Arabic

Root
و ق ع (w q ʕ)
11 terms

Etymology

وَاقِع (wāqiʕ) +‎ ـَة (-a).

Pronunciation

Noun

وَاقِعَة (wāqiʕaf (plural وَاقِعَات (wāqiʕāt) or وَقَائِع (waqāʔiʕ))

  1. event, incident
  2. news
  3. fact
  4. accident, calamity
  5. combat, battle
  6. vision in a dream

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “واقعة”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “واقعة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen