واعظ

Arabic

Etymology

Root
و ع ظ (w ʕ ẓ)
4 terms

Derived from the active participle of وَعَظَ (waʕaẓa, “to preach”).

Noun

وَاعِظ • (wāʕiẓ) m (plural وَاعِظُونَ (wāʕiẓūna) or وُعَّاظ (wuʕʕāẓ), feminine وَاعِظَة (wāʕiẓa))

1. preacher

Declension

Declension of noun وَاعِظ (wāʕiẓ)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَاعِظ wāʕiẓ	الْوَاعِظ al-wāʕiẓ	وَاعِظ wāʕiẓ	وَاعِظَة wāʕiẓa	الْوَاعِظَة al-wāʕiẓa	وَاعِظَة wāʕiẓat
Nominative	وَاعِظٌ wāʕiẓun	الْوَاعِظُ al-wāʕiẓu	وَاعِظُ wāʕiẓu	وَاعِظَةٌ wāʕiẓatun	الْوَاعِظَةُ al-wāʕiẓatu	وَاعِظَةُ wāʕiẓatu
Accusative	وَاعِظًا wāʕiẓan	الْوَاعِظَ al-wāʕiẓa	وَاعِظَ wāʕiẓa	وَاعِظَةً wāʕiẓatan	الْوَاعِظَةَ al-wāʕiẓata	وَاعِظَةَ wāʕiẓata
Genitive	وَاعِظٍ wāʕiẓin	الْوَاعِظِ al-wāʕiẓi	وَاعِظِ wāʕiẓi	وَاعِظَةٍ wāʕiẓatin	الْوَاعِظَةِ al-wāʕiẓati	وَاعِظَةِ wāʕiẓati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَاعِظَيْن wāʕiẓayn	الْوَاعِظَيْن al-wāʕiẓayn	وَاعِظَيْ wāʕiẓay	وَاعِظَتَيْن wāʕiẓatayn	الْوَاعِظَتَيْن al-wāʕiẓatayn	وَاعِظَتَيْ wāʕiẓatay
Nominative	وَاعِظَانِ wāʕiẓāni	الْوَاعِظَانِ al-wāʕiẓāni	وَاعِظَا wāʕiẓā	وَاعِظَتَانِ wāʕiẓatāni	الْوَاعِظَتَانِ al-wāʕiẓatāni	وَاعِظَتَا wāʕiẓatā
Accusative	وَاعِظَيْنِ wāʕiẓayni	الْوَاعِظَيْنِ al-wāʕiẓayni	وَاعِظَيْ wāʕiẓay	وَاعِظَتَيْنِ wāʕiẓatayni	الْوَاعِظَتَيْنِ al-wāʕiẓatayni	وَاعِظَتَيْ wāʕiẓatay
Genitive	وَاعِظَيْنِ wāʕiẓayni	الْوَاعِظَيْنِ al-wāʕiẓayni	وَاعِظَيْ wāʕiẓay	وَاعِظَتَيْنِ wāʕiẓatayni	الْوَاعِظَتَيْنِ al-wāʕiẓatayni	وَاعِظَتَيْ wāʕiẓatay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote			sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وُعَّاظ wuʕʕāẓ	الْوُعَّاظ al-wuʕʕāẓ	وُعَّاظ wuʕʕāẓ	وَاعِظَات wāʕiẓāt	الْوَاعِظَات al-wāʕiẓāt	وَاعِظَات wāʕiẓāt
Nominative	وُعَّاظٌ wuʕʕāẓun	الْوُعَّاظُ al-wuʕʕāẓu	وُعَّاظُ wuʕʕāẓu	وَاعِظَاتٌ wāʕiẓātun	الْوَاعِظَاتُ al-wāʕiẓātu	وَاعِظَاتُ wāʕiẓātu
Accusative	وُعَّاظًا wuʕʕāẓan	الْوُعَّاظَ al-wuʕʕāẓa	وُعَّاظَ wuʕʕāẓa	وَاعِظَاتٍ wāʕiẓātin	الْوَاعِظَاتِ al-wāʕiẓāti	وَاعِظَاتِ wāʕiẓāti
Genitive	وُعَّاظٍ wuʕʕāẓin	الْوُعَّاظِ al-wuʕʕāẓi	وُعَّاظِ wuʕʕāẓi	وَاعِظَاتٍ wāʕiẓātin	الْوَاعِظَاتِ al-wāʕiẓāti	وَاعِظَاتِ wāʕiẓāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: vaiz
• → Northern Kurdish: waiz
• → Ottoman Turkish: واعظ (vāʿiz)

  > Turkish: vaiz (inherited)

• → Persian: واعظ (vâ'ez)
• → Uyghur: ۋائىز (wa'iz)
• → Uzbek: voiz

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “وعظ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN