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طوع

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of obedience, willingness, and submission. It extends to the idea of something being easy or pliable, and by extension, to the act of making something easy or submissive.

Derived headwords

طَوَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    to make pliantboth

    To render something pliable, submissive, or obedient. This can apply to making a person obey or making an object conform.

  2. 2.
    to make easyboth

    To facilitate or make a task or situation easy to accomplish or endure.

تَطَوَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    to volunteermodern

    To offer oneself willingly for a task or duty, often without being compelled.

  2. 2.
    to make oneself pliantclassical

    To willingly submit or become obedient to someone or something.

طَائِعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    obedientboth

    Willingly compliant with commands or requests; submissive.

  2. 2.
    voluntaryboth

    Done or given freely and willingly, not under compulsion.

طَوْعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    obedienceboth

    The act of obeying or the state of being obedient; compliance.

  2. 2.
    willingnessboth

    The quality or state of being willing; readiness to do something.

طَوْعَةٌname
  1. 1.
    Tu'ahclassical

    A proper name, likely of a woman, derived from the root meaning obedience or willingness.

طَوَّاعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    very obedientclassical

    Intensely or habitually obedient; one who readily complies.

مُتَطَوِّعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    volunteermodern

    A person who voluntarily offers to do something, especially in the armed forces or for a charitable cause.

  2. 2.
    one who makes himself pliantclassical

    Someone who willingly submits or makes themselves obedient.

طَوَّاعِيَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    voluntarinessboth

    The state of being voluntary; acting of one's own free will.

Parallel reading

وطوعة: اسم.
And Tu'ah: a name.