واعد

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Arabic[edit]

Root
و ع د (w-ʕ-d)

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

وَاعَدَ (wāʕada) III, non-past يُوَاعِدُ‎ (yuwāʕidu)

  1. (ditransitive) to agree on a meeting with, to appoint
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:142:
      وَوَاعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰ ثَلَاثِينَ لَيْلَةً وَأَتْمَمْنَاهَا بِعَشْرٍ
      wawāʕadnā mūsā ṯalāṯīna laylatan waʔatmamnāhā biʕašrin
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:235:
      وَلَٰكِنْ لَا تُوَاعِدُوهُنَّ سِرًّا إِلَّا أَنْ تَقُولُوا قَوْلًا مَعْرُوفًا
      walākin lā tuwāʕidūhunna sirran ʔillā ʔan taqūlū qawlan maʕrūfan
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Derived from the active participle of وَعَدَ (waʕada, to promise).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

وَاعِد (wāʕid) (feminine وَاعِدَة (wāʕida), masculine plural وَاعِدُونَ (wāʕidūna), feminine plural وَاعِدَات (wāʕidāt))

  1. promising

Declension[edit]