تَوَاضُعٌ humility in Arabic
تَوَاضُعٌ is how you say “humility” in Arabic.
Root و ض ع w-ḍ-ʿ. noun (verbal noun / maṣdar, form VI). tawāḍuʿ.
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Meaning of humility in Arabic
- humility, lowliness the state of making oneself low or humble; voluntary self-abasement rather than being abased by another
- modesty, submissiveness
Example sentence
ردّه إلى طين التواضع، واغسله بعملٍ لا يراه أحد
Return it to the clay of humility, and wash it with a deed seen by no one.
التَّوَاضُعِ of humility
'al-' = 'the'; 'tawadu'' = 'humility'; the 'of' word, so 'of humility'.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
تَوَاضُعٌ is the verbal noun of the form VI verb تَوَاضَعَ, 'to lower or humble oneself.' The root وضع at its core means to put or lay something down, and this form VI branch carries that idea over to a person's own rank or bearing — voluntarily bringing oneself low, i.e. humility as a virtue, distinct from وَضِيعٌ, which describes someone who simply is low in rank or esteem.
Words from the same root
- وَضَعَ to put, lay, or set down (form I; the base sense of the root)
- تَوَاضَعَ to humble oneself, become lowly (form VI verb behind تَوَاضُعٌ)
- وَضِيعٌ low, ignoble, of no rank or standing
- مُتَوَاضِعَةٌ humble, low (e.g. said of a low hill)
- مَوْضِعٌ place, location; the proper place of a thing
- مَوْضُوعٌ subject, topic (as opposed to a predicate)
Common questions
- How do you say "humility" in Arabic?
- تَوَاضُعٌ (tawāḍuʿ).
- What is the root of تَوَاضُعٌ and what does it literally mean?
- It comes from the root و ض ع (w-ḍ-ʿ), whose base verb وَضَعَ means 'to put or lay down.' تَوَاضُعٌ is the form VI verbal noun, literally the act of 'lowering oneself' — hence humility.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).