أَضَاعَ waste in Arabic
أَضَاعَ is how you say “waste” in Arabic.
Root ض ي ع ḍ-y-ʿ. verb (form IV). aḍāʿa.
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Meaning of waste in Arabic
- to waste, lose, or destroy (something) given by Lane as synonymous with the form II verb ضيّع — causing a thing to perish or come to nought
- to neglect, abandon, or fail to take care of (a duty, one's family, or prayer) used in the Qur'an of neglecting the prayer (19:60) and of God not neglecting one's faith (2:143 per Lane's citation)
- (intransitive) to find one's affair going to ruin a secondary, less common sense noted by Lane
Example sentence
والابتلاء بقرناء السوء الَّذين يفسدون الْقلب ويضيعون الْوَقْت
And the trial of bad companions who corrupt the heart and waste time.
وَيُضَيِّعُونَ and they waste
wa- = 'and'; present-tense verb 'waste' with the built-in subject 'they' ('-una').
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How it is used
Aḍāʿa is the causative form IV verb built on the same root as ḍāʿa ("to be lost"); Lane treats it as interchangeable with ḍayyaʿa when it means to waste or destroy something, and it is also the verb used, notably in the Qur'an, for neglecting a duty such as prayer.
Words from the same root
- ضَاعَ to perish, be lost, come to nought (form I)
- ضيّع to waste, destroy, or lose something (form II)
- تضيّع of musk, to diffuse its fragrance; of wind, to blow (form V)
- ضَيَاعٌ loss, perishing, ruin (verbal noun)
- ضَيْعَةٌ an estate or landed property; also a craft or means of livelihood
More example sentences
أرى فقهاء هذا العصر طُرًّا أضاعوا العلم واشتغلوا بلِمْ لِمْ
I see all the jurists of this era have neglected knowledge and are busy with 'why, why.'
أَضَاعُوا they neglected
Past 'they wasted, lost', the -u marking 'they' — the second half of 'I see them [having] wasted...'; form-IV.
Common questions
- How do you say "waste" in Arabic?
- أضاع (aḍāʿa) — the form IV verb meaning to waste, lose, or cause something to perish.
- What else can أضاع mean besides "waste"?
- It also means to neglect or fail to look after something, as in the Qur'anic phrase أضاعوا الصلاة, "they neglected the prayer."
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).