و ض ء

Arabic

Root

و ض ء • (w-ḍ-ʔ)

1. related to cleanness

Derived terms

• Form I: وَضَأَ (waḍaʔa, “to surpass in cleanliness”)
  • Verbal noun: وَضْء (waḍʔ)
  • Active participle: وَاضِئ (wāḍiʔ)
  • Passive participle: مَوْضُوء (mawḍūʔ)
• Form I: وَضُؤَ (waḍuʔa, “to be clean”)
  • Verbal noun: وَضَاءَة (waḍāʔa), وُضُوء (wuḍūʔ)
  • Active participle: ?
• Form II: وَضَّأَ (waḍḍaʔa, “to make to perform cleaning”)
  • Verbal noun: تَوْضِيء (tawḍīʔ)
  • Active participle: مُوَضِّئ (muwaḍḍiʔ)
  • Passive participle: مُوَضَّأ (muwaḍḍaʔ)
• Form III: وَاضَأَ (wāḍaʔa, “to vie with in cleanliness”)
  • Verbal noun: مُوَاضَأَة (muwāḍaʔa)
  • Active participle: مُوَاضِئ (muwāḍiʔ)
  • Passive participle: مُوَاضَأ (muwāḍaʔ)
• Form V: تَوَضَّأَ (tawaḍḍaʔa, “to perform cleaning on oneself”)
  • Verbal noun: تَوَضُّؤ (tawaḍḍuʔ), وُضُوء (wuḍūʔ)
  • Active participle: مُتَوَضِّئ (mutawaḍḍiʔ)

• مُتَوَضَّأٌ (mutawaḍḍaʔun) and مِيضَأَةٌ (mīḍaʔatun, “place for cleaning; tank for cleaning”)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1837) “و ض ء”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 475
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “و ض ء”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2945–2946
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “و ض ء”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 1408–1409