Arabic for place, position

mawDi3
ﻣَﻮﺿِﻊ
place, position – masculine singular

The Arabic word for place, position is pronounced mawDi3 and written ﻣَﻮﺿِﻊ.

Part of speech: noun. Pattern: time and place noun

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Important letters:
The root of the word place, position consists of three Arabic letters: waw that is written and pronounced w, Dad that is written and pronounced D and ayn that is written and pronounced 3. Words with the same root letters are often related.

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The word place, position letter by letter

ﻣَﻮﺿِﻊ
ﻣـ
ـﻮ
ﺿـ
ـﻊ
 
ﻣـ
ـﻮ
ﺿـ
ـﻊ
 
ﻣـ
ـﻤـ
ـﻢ
ـﻮ
ﺿـ
ـﻀـ
ـﺾ
ﻋـ
ـﻌـ
ـﻊ
 
mim
m
waw
w
Dad
D
ayn
3
 
 
The Arabic word for place, position consists of: The letter mim that is written ﻡ ( here ﻣـ ) and pronounced m. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter waw that is written ﻭ ( here ـﻮ ) and pronounced w and is a part of the root of the word. The letter Dad that is written ﺽ ( here ﺿـ ) and pronounced D and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel i that is written as the sign ِ under the letter. The letter ayn that is written ﻉ ( here ـﻊ ) and pronounced 3 and is a part of the root of the word. Therefore, the word is writen ﻣَﻮﺿِﻊ and pronounced mawDi3.
Arabic is written from right to left. Short vowels are placed above or under the letters, the are usually omitted.
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The pattern for place, position

maf3il becomes mawDi3

We have seen that the Arabic word for place, position is written ﻣَﻮﺿِﻊ and pronounced mawDi3. It follows the pattern time and place noun. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure maf3il where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is maf3il and the root letters are w, D and 3, the word becomes mawDi3.
All Arabic words with the same pattern follow the same structure. If you know the pattern and root of a word, you can often guess its meaning. Learn more about Arabic word patterns

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