أَضَاعَ (aaḍaāʿa)to lose

Conjugation, meanings and vowelled example sentences for the Arabic verb أَضَاعَ (aaḍaāʿa) — “to lose”, drawn from the reader’s verified vocabulary bank. Every form carries full harakat.

Conjugation: أَضَاعَ يُضِيعُ

Past · الماضيPresent · المضارعImperative · الأمرVerbal noun · المصدر
أَضَاعَ aaḍaāʿaيُضِيعُ yuḍīʿuأَضِعْ aaḍiʿإِضَاعَة iiḍaāʿaa

Meanings & examples

  1. 1. to lose

    • أَضَاعَ الوَلَدُ مِفْتَاحَ البَيْتِ.The boy lost the house key.
    • أَضَاعَتِ السَّائِحَةُ جَوَازَ سَفَرِهَا فِي المَطَارِ.The tourist lost her passport at the airport.
    • لَمْ نُضِعْ أَيَّ فُرْصَةٍ لِلتَّدْرِيبِ المُكثَّفِ.We did not lose any opportunity for intensive training.
  2. 2. to waste

    • لَا تُضِعْ وَقْتَكَ الثَّمِينَ.Do not waste your precious time.
    • أَضَاعَ الفَرِيقُ فُرْصَةً ذَهَبِيَّةً لِلتَّسْجِيلِ.The team wasted a golden opportunity to score.
    • بَعْدَ أَنْ بَحَثَ عَنْهَا فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ، أَدْرَكَ أَنَّهُ أَضَاعَ نَظَّارَتَهُ الثَّمِينَةَ وَلَنْ يَجِدَهَا.After searching for them everywhere, he realized he had lost his valuable glasses and would not find them.
  3. 3. to abase

    • أَضَاعَ الظَّالِمُ نَفْسَهُ بِتَكَبُّرِهِ.The oppressor abased himself through his arrogance.
    • أَضَاعَ الْخَائِنُ كَرَامَتَهُ بِخِيَانَتِهِ لِوَطَنِهِ.The traitor abased his dignity by betraying his homeland.
  4. 4. to dispel

    • أَضَاعَ الشَّمْسُ الضَّبَابَ عَنِ الْأَرْضِ.The sun dispelled the fog from the ground.
    • أَضَاعَ الْأَمَلُ الْيَأْسَ مِنْ قَلْبِهِ.Hope dispelled the despair from his heart.
    • أَضَاعَتِ الرِّيَاحُ الْغُيُومَ فِي السَّمَاءِ.The winds dispelled the clouds in the sky.
  5. 5. to neglect

    • أَضَاعَ الطَّالِبُ فُرْصَتَهُ فِي النَّجَاحِ.The student neglected his chance for success.
    • أَضَاعَ الوَالِدُ وَقْتَهُ فِي مُشَاهَدَةِ التِّلْفَازِ بَدَلاً مِنْ مُذَاكَرَةِ أَبْنَائِهِ.The father neglected his time watching television instead of supervising his children's studies.
    • لِمَاذَا تُضِيعُ صِحَّتَكَ بِالنَّوْمِ المُتَأَخِّرِ؟Why do you neglect your health with late sleeping?
  6. 6. to squander

    • أَضَاعَ الرَّجُلُ فُرْصَةَ الْعَمَلِ بِسَبَبِ تَأَخُّرِهِ.The man squandered the job opportunity because of his lateness.
    • لَا تُضِعْ وَقْتَكَ فِي الْأُمُورِ غَيْرِ الْمُفِيدَةِ.Do not squander your time on unbeneficial matters.
    • أَضَاعَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ مِئَاتِ الْآلَافِ مِنَ الدَّنَانِيرِ فِي مَشْرُوعٍ فَاشِلٍ.The company squandered hundreds of thousands of dinars on a failed project.

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