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ضَيَّعْت waste in Arabic

ضَيَّعْت is how you say “waste” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فَإِن أضعته أضعت سعادتك ونجاتك

If you waste it, you waste your happiness and salvation.

أَضَعْتَهُ you waste it

The '-ta' is the subject 'you' and '-hu' the object 'it', your lifespan; the a-prefixed verb means 'let go to waste'. Past in form, it serves here as the 'if you waste it' condition.

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More example sentences

فَإِن أضعته أضعت سعادتك ونجاتك

If you waste it, you waste your happiness and salvation.

أَضَعْتَ you waste

The same verb repeated, now as the result: 'then you have wasted...'. Arabic often answers an 'if' with a matching past-form verb, the repetition itself binding cause to consequence.

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