ضائع

Arabic

Root
ض ي ع (ḍ-y-ʕ)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of ضَاعَ (ḍāʕa, “to get lost”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dˤaː.ʔiʕ/

Adjective

ضَائِع • (ḍāʔiʕ) (feminine ضَائِعَة (ḍāʔiʕa))

1. lost
2. missing
3. wasted

Declension

Declension of adjective ضَائِع (ḍāʔiʕ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	ضَائِع ḍāʔiʕ	الضَّائِع aḍ-ḍāʔiʕ	ضَائِعَة ḍāʔiʕa	الضَّائِعَة aḍ-ḍāʔiʕa
Nominative	ضَائِعٌ ḍāʔiʕun	الضَّائِعُ aḍ-ḍāʔiʕu	ضَائِعَةٌ ḍāʔiʕatun	الضَّائِعَةُ aḍ-ḍāʔiʕatu
Accusative	ضَائِعًا ḍāʔiʕan	الضَّائِعَ aḍ-ḍāʔiʕa	ضَائِعَةً ḍāʔiʕatan	الضَّائِعَةَ aḍ-ḍāʔiʕata
Genitive	ضَائِعٍ ḍāʔiʕin	الضَّائِعِ aḍ-ḍāʔiʕi	ضَائِعَةٍ ḍāʔiʕatin	الضَّائِعَةِ aḍ-ḍāʔiʕati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	ضَائِعَيْن ḍāʔiʕayn	الضَّائِعَيْن aḍ-ḍāʔiʕayn	ضَائِعَتَيْن ḍāʔiʕatayn	الضَّائِعَتَيْن aḍ-ḍāʔiʕatayn
Nominative	ضَائِعَانِ ḍāʔiʕāni	الضَّائِعَانِ aḍ-ḍāʔiʕāni	ضَائِعَتَانِ ḍāʔiʕatāni	الضَّائِعَتَانِ aḍ-ḍāʔiʕatāni
Accusative	ضَائِعَيْنِ ḍāʔiʕayni	الضَّائِعَيْنِ aḍ-ḍāʔiʕayni	ضَائِعَتَيْنِ ḍāʔiʕatayni	الضَّائِعَتَيْنِ aḍ-ḍāʔiʕatayni
Genitive	ضَائِعَيْنِ ḍāʔiʕayni	الضَّائِعَيْنِ aḍ-ḍāʔiʕayni	ضَائِعَتَيْنِ ḍāʔiʕatayni	الضَّائِعَتَيْنِ aḍ-ḍāʔiʕatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	ضَائِعَات ḍāʔiʕāt	الضَّائِعَات aḍ-ḍāʔiʕāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	ضَائِعَاتٌ ḍāʔiʕātun	الضَّائِعَاتُ aḍ-ḍāʔiʕātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	ضَائِعَاتٍ ḍāʔiʕātin	الضَّائِعَاتِ aḍ-ḍāʔiʕāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	ضَائِعَاتٍ ḍāʔiʕātin	الضَّائِعَاتِ aḍ-ḍāʔiʕāti

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: ضایع (zayi'), ضائع (zayi')
  • → Turkish: zayi
• → Persian: ضایع
• → Hindi: ज़ाया (zāyā)
• → Urdu: ضائع

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ضَائِع (ḍāʔiʕ).

Noun

ضائع • (zāyi)

1. lost
2. missing
3. wasted

Descendants

• → Turkish: zayi

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic ضَائِع (ḍāʔiʕ).

Adjective

ضائع • (zāyā) (Hindi spelling ज़ाया)

1. lost
2. missing
3. wasted