Arabic

Verb

وَقَعَ • ‎(waqaʿa) I, non-past يَقَعُ‎ (yaqaʿu)

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

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “وقع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1976), “وقع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-001-8

Verb

وَقَعَ • ‎(waqaʿa) I, non-past يَقَعُ‎ (yaqaʿu)

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

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “وقع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Verb

وَقَعَ • ‎(waqaʿa) I, non-past يَقَعُ‎ (yaqaʿu)

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

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “وقع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1976), “وقع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-001-8

Etymology 2

Verb

وَقَّعَ • ‎(waqqaʿa) II, non-past يُوَقِّعُ‎ (yuwaqqiʿu)

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

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “وقع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 3

Noun

وَقْع • ‎(waqʿ) m

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

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “وقع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen