متواضع

Arabic

Root
و ض ع (w ḍ ʕ)
12 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of تَوَاضَعَ (tawāḍaʕa, “to humble oneself, to be humble, to behave modestly”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mu.ta.waː.dˤiʕ/

Adjective

مُتَوَاضِع • (mutawāḍiʕ) (masculine plural مُتَوَاضِعُونَ (mutawāḍiʕūna), feminine plural مُتَوَاضِعَات (mutawāḍiʕāt), elative أَكْثَرُ تَوَاضُعًا (ʔakṯaru tawāḍuʕan) or أَشَدُّ تَوَاضُعًا (ʔašaddu tawāḍuʕan))

Declension

Declension of adjective **مُتَوَاضِع** (mutawāḍiʕ)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُتَوَاضِع mutawāḍiʕ	الْمُتَوَاضِع al-mutawāḍiʕ	مُتَوَاضِعَة mutawāḍiʕa	الْمُتَوَاضِعَة al-mutawāḍiʕa
nominative	مُتَوَاضِعٌ mutawāḍiʕun	الْمُتَوَاضِعُ al-mutawāḍiʕu	مُتَوَاضِعَةٌ mutawāḍiʕatun	الْمُتَوَاضِعَةُ al-mutawāḍiʕatu
accusative	مُتَوَاضِعًا mutawāḍiʕan	الْمُتَوَاضِعَ al-mutawāḍiʕa	مُتَوَاضِعَةً mutawāḍiʕatan	الْمُتَوَاضِعَةَ al-mutawāḍiʕata
genitive	مُتَوَاضِعٍ mutawāḍiʕin	الْمُتَوَاضِعِ al-mutawāḍiʕi	مُتَوَاضِعَةٍ mutawāḍiʕatin	الْمُتَوَاضِعَةِ al-mutawāḍiʕati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُتَوَاضِعَيْن mutawāḍiʕayn	الْمُتَوَاضِعَيْن al-mutawāḍiʕayn	مُتَوَاضِعَتَيْن mutawāḍiʕatayn	الْمُتَوَاضِعَتَيْن al-mutawāḍiʕatayn
nominative	مُتَوَاضِعَانِ mutawāḍiʕāni	الْمُتَوَاضِعَانِ al-mutawāḍiʕāni	مُتَوَاضِعَتَانِ mutawāḍiʕatāni	الْمُتَوَاضِعَتَانِ al-mutawāḍiʕatāni
accusative	مُتَوَاضِعَيْنِ mutawāḍiʕayni	الْمُتَوَاضِعَيْنِ al-mutawāḍiʕayni	مُتَوَاضِعَتَيْنِ mutawāḍiʕatayni	الْمُتَوَاضِعَتَيْنِ al-mutawāḍiʕatayni
genitive	مُتَوَاضِعَيْنِ mutawāḍiʕayni	الْمُتَوَاضِعَيْنِ al-mutawāḍiʕayni	مُتَوَاضِعَتَيْنِ mutawāḍiʕatayni	الْمُتَوَاضِعَتَيْنِ al-mutawāḍiʕatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُتَوَاضِعِين mutawāḍiʕīn	الْمُتَوَاضِعِين al-mutawāḍiʕīn	مُتَوَاضِعَات mutawāḍiʕāt	الْمُتَوَاضِعَات al-mutawāḍiʕāt
nominative	مُتَوَاضِعُونَ mutawāḍiʕūna	الْمُتَوَاضِعُونَ al-mutawāḍiʕūna	مُتَوَاضِعَاتٌ mutawāḍiʕātun	الْمُتَوَاضِعَاتُ al-mutawāḍiʕātu
accusative	مُتَوَاضِعِينَ mutawāḍiʕīna	الْمُتَوَاضِعِينَ al-mutawāḍiʕīna	مُتَوَاضِعَاتٍ mutawāḍiʕātin	الْمُتَوَاضِعَاتِ al-mutawāḍiʕāti
genitive	مُتَوَاضِعِينَ mutawāḍiʕīna	الْمُتَوَاضِعِينَ al-mutawāḍiʕīna	مُتَوَاضِعَاتٍ mutawāḍiʕātin	الْمُتَوَاضِعَاتِ al-mutawāḍiʕāti

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: mütəvazi
→ Ottoman Turkish: متواضع (mütevazı)
- Turkish: mütevazı
→ Persian: متواضع (motavâze')
- → Urdu: مُتَواضِع (mutavāzi')
→ Uzbek: mutavoze

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “متواضع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979) “وضع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic مُتَوَاضِع (mutawāḍiʕ).

Adjective

متواضع • (motavâze')

humble