متواضع

Arabic

Root
و ض ع (w-ḍ-ʕ)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of تَوَاضَعَ (tawāḍaʕa, “to humble oneself, to be humble, to behave modestly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.ta.waː.dˤiʕ/

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Adjective

مُتَوَاضِع • (mutawāḍiʕ) (masculine plural مُتَوَاضِعُونَ (mutawāḍiʕūna), feminine plural مُتَوَاضِعَات (mutawāḍiʕāt), elative أَكْثَرُ تَوَاضُعًا (ʔakṯaru tawāḍuʕan) or أَشَدُّ تَوَاضُعًا (ʔašaddu tawāḍuʕan))

1. humble, modest
2. insignificant
3. condescending

Declension

Declension of adjective مُتَوَاضِع (mutawāḍiʕ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُتَوَاضِع mutawāḍiʕ	الْمُتَوَاضِع al-mutawāḍiʕ	مُتَوَاضِعَة mutawāḍiʕa	الْمُتَوَاضِعَة al-mutawāḍiʕa
Nominative	مُتَوَاضِعٌ mutawāḍiʕun	الْمُتَوَاضِعُ al-mutawāḍiʕu	مُتَوَاضِعَةٌ mutawāḍiʕatun	الْمُتَوَاضِعَةُ al-mutawāḍiʕatu
Accusative	مُتَوَاضِعًا mutawāḍiʕan	الْمُتَوَاضِعَ al-mutawāḍiʕa	مُتَوَاضِعَةً mutawāḍiʕatan	الْمُتَوَاضِعَةَ al-mutawāḍiʕata
Genitive	مُتَوَاضِعٍ mutawāḍiʕin	الْمُتَوَاضِعِ al-mutawāḍiʕi	مُتَوَاضِعَةٍ mutawāḍiʕatin	الْمُتَوَاضِعَةِ al-mutawāḍiʕati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُتَوَاضِعَيْن mutawāḍiʕayn	الْمُتَوَاضِعَيْن al-mutawāḍiʕayn	مُتَوَاضِعَتَيْن mutawāḍiʕatayn	الْمُتَوَاضِعَتَيْن al-mutawāḍiʕatayn
Nominative	مُتَوَاضِعَانِ mutawāḍiʕāni	الْمُتَوَاضِعَانِ al-mutawāḍiʕāni	مُتَوَاضِعَتَانِ mutawāḍiʕatāni	الْمُتَوَاضِعَتَانِ al-mutawāḍiʕatāni
Accusative	مُتَوَاضِعَيْنِ mutawāḍiʕayni	الْمُتَوَاضِعَيْنِ al-mutawāḍiʕayni	مُتَوَاضِعَتَيْنِ mutawāḍiʕatayni	الْمُتَوَاضِعَتَيْنِ al-mutawāḍiʕatayni
Genitive	مُتَوَاضِعَيْنِ mutawāḍiʕayni	الْمُتَوَاضِعَيْنِ al-mutawāḍiʕayni	مُتَوَاضِعَتَيْنِ mutawāḍiʕatayni	الْمُتَوَاضِعَتَيْنِ al-mutawāḍiʕatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُتَوَاضِعِين mutawāḍiʕīn	الْمُتَوَاضِعِين al-mutawāḍiʕīn	مُتَوَاضِعَات mutawāḍiʕāt	الْمُتَوَاضِعَات al-mutawāḍiʕāt
Nominative	مُتَوَاضِعُونَ mutawāḍiʕūna	الْمُتَوَاضِعُونَ al-mutawāḍiʕūna	مُتَوَاضِعَاتٌ mutawāḍiʕātun	الْمُتَوَاضِعَاتُ al-mutawāḍiʕātu
Accusative	مُتَوَاضِعِينَ mutawāḍiʕīna	الْمُتَوَاضِعِينَ al-mutawāḍiʕīna	مُتَوَاضِعَاتٍ mutawāḍiʕātin	الْمُتَوَاضِعَاتِ al-mutawāḍiʕāti
Genitive	مُتَوَاضِعِينَ mutawāḍiʕīna	الْمُتَوَاضِعِينَ al-mutawāḍiʕīna	مُتَوَاضِعَاتٍ mutawāḍiʕātin	الْمُتَوَاضِعَاتِ al-mutawāḍiʕāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mütəvazi
• → Ottoman Turkish: متواضع (mütevazı)
  • Turkish: mütevazı
• → Persian: متواضع
  • → Urdu: مُتَواضِع (mutavāzi')

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “متواضع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “وضع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic مُتَوَاضِع (mutawāḍiʕ).

Adjective

متواضع • (motavâze')

1. humble