الوضاءة

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns beauty, fairness, and cleanliness, particularly in appearance. It extends to the act of purification, especially ritual ablution, and also encompasses concepts of maturity and outdoing others in beauty.

Derived headwords

وضؤverb

1.
to be fair/beautifulboth
To possess beauty, fairness, and a pleasing appearance.
2.
to be cleanboth
To be pure and free from dirt or impurity.

وضيءadjective

1.
fair, beautifulboth
Possessing beauty, fairness, and a pleasing appearance.
2.
clean, pureboth
Free from dirt or impurity; clean.

وضاءadjective

1.
fair, beautifulboth
Possessing great beauty and fairness.

وضاءينnoun

1.
fair onesclassical
Plural of 'وضاء', referring to beautiful or fair individuals.

وضاضئnoun

1.
fair onesclassical
Another plural form for 'وضاء', denoting beautiful or fair individuals.

بواضئadjective

1.
not fair/beautifulclassical
Used in negation to mean not fair or beautiful, emphasizing the lack of these qualities.

توضأverb

1.
to perform ritual ablutionboth
To perform the ritual washing (wudu') before prayer or for purification.
2.
to correct speechclassical
To correct a lisp or an impediment in speech.

ميضأةnoun

1.
place of ablutionboth
The place where ritual ablution is performed, or the water used for it.
2.
purifierclassical
Something that purifies or cleanses.

وضوءnoun

1.
ritual ablutionboth
The act of performing ritual ablution (minor purification).
2.
ablution waterboth
The water used for ritual ablution.

توضيتverb

1.
to correct speechclassical
To correct a lisp or an impediment in speech.

أدركverb

1.
to reach maturityboth
To reach the age of puberty or maturity, for a boy or girl.

واضأهverb

1.
to compete in beautyclassical
To compete with someone in fairness or beauty.

فوضأهverb

1.
to outdo in beautyclassical
To surpass someone in fairness or beauty.

Parallel reading

الحسن والنظافة

Beauty and cleanliness.

وقد وضؤ، ككرم

And he was fair/clean, like the verb 'karuma' (to be noble).

فهو وضيء من أوضياء ووضاء

So he is fair/clean, among the fair/clean ones and the very fair/clean ones.

وما هو بواضئ، أي: بوضيء

And he is not fair/beautiful, meaning: not fair/beautiful.

وتوضأت للصلاة

And I performed ritual ablution for the prayer.

وتوضيت لغية أو لثغة

And I corrected a lisp or an impediment.

والميضأة: الموضع يتوضأ فيه ومنه

And the mayda'ah: the place where one performs ablution and from which (water is taken).

والمطهرة

And the purifier.

والوضوء: الفعل

And the wudu': the act (of ablution).

وبالفتح: ماؤه

And with the fatḥah: its water.

ومصدر أيضا، أو لغتان قد يعنى بهما المصدر، وقد يعنى بهما الماء

And also a masdar, or two linguistic variants, by which the masdar is meant, and by which the water is meant.

وتوضأ الغلام والجارية: أدركا

And the boy and the girl reached maturity: they became mature.

واضأه فوضأه يضؤه: فاخره بالوضاءة فغلبه

He competed with him in fairness and outdid him in fairness: he boasted to him about fairness and he surpassed him.