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وضع
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaهُوَ مَوْضِعُ سِرِّى ذ He is the depository of my secret, or secrets. ― -b2- مَوْضِعُهُ الرَّفْعُ Same as مَحَلُّهُ الرفع ― -b3- مَوْضِعٌ The proper application, or meaning, of a word. (Bd, iv. 48 and v. 45.) See 1 in art. حرف. And The case in which a word is to be used: see S, art. on the particle فَ. ― -b4- And The proper place of a thing. ― -b5- Ground; as when one says, “ a ground for, or of, belief, trust, accusation, ” &c. And The proper object of an action, &c.: as in the phrase فُلَانٌ مَوْضِعٌ لِلْاـِكْرَامِ Such a one is a proper object of honouring.
Derived headwords
هُوَ مَوْضِعُ سِرِّى
- 1.
مَوْضِعُهُ الرَّفْعُ
فُلَانٌ مَوْضِعٌ لِلْاـِكْرَامِ