واقعة

See also: واقعه

Arabic

Root
و ق ع (w-q-ʕ)

Etymology

وَاقِع (wāqiʕ) +‎ ـَة (-a).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waː.qi.ʕa/

Noun

وَاقِعَة • (wāqiʕa) f (plural وَاقِعَات (wāqiʕāt) or وَقَائِع (waqāʔiʕ))

1. event, incident
2. news
3. fact
4. accident, calamity
5. combat, battle
6. vision in a dream

Declension

Declension of noun وَاقِعَة (wāqiʕa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَاقِعَة wāqiʕa	الْوَاقِعَة al-wāqiʕa	وَاقِعَة wāqiʕat
Nominative	وَاقِعَةٌ wāqiʕatun	الْوَاقِعَةُ al-wāqiʕatu	وَاقِعَةُ wāqiʕatu
Accusative	وَاقِعَةً wāqiʕatan	الْوَاقِعَةَ al-wāqiʕata	وَاقِعَةَ wāqiʕata
Genitive	وَاقِعَةٍ wāqiʕatin	الْوَاقِعَةِ al-wāqiʕati	وَاقِعَةِ wāqiʕati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَاقِعَتَيْن wāqiʕatayn	الْوَاقِعَتَيْن al-wāqiʕatayn	وَاقِعَتَيْ wāqiʕatay
Nominative	وَاقِعَتَانِ wāqiʕatāni	الْوَاقِعَتَانِ al-wāqiʕatāni	وَاقِعَتَا wāqiʕatā
Accusative	وَاقِعَتَيْنِ wāqiʕatayni	الْوَاقِعَتَيْنِ al-wāqiʕatayni	وَاقِعَتَيْ wāqiʕatay
Genitive	وَاقِعَتَيْنِ wāqiʕatayni	الْوَاقِعَتَيْنِ al-wāqiʕatayni	وَاقِعَتَيْ wāqiʕatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَاقِعَات‎; وَقَائِع wāqiʕāt‎; waqāʔiʕ	الْوَاقِعَات‎; الْوَقَائِع al-wāqiʕāt‎; al-waqāʔiʕ	وَاقِعَات‎; وَقَائِع wāqiʕāt‎; waqāʔiʕ
Nominative	وَاقِعَاتٌ‎; وَقَائِعُ wāqiʕātun‎; waqāʔiʕu	الْوَاقِعَاتُ‎; الْوَقَائِعُ al-wāqiʕātu‎; al-waqāʔiʕu	وَاقِعَاتُ‎; وَقَائِعُ wāqiʕātu‎; waqāʔiʕu
Accusative	وَاقِعَاتٍ‎; وَقَائِعَ wāqiʕātin‎; waqāʔiʕa	الْوَاقِعَاتِ‎; الْوَقَائِعَ al-wāqiʕāti‎; al-waqāʔiʕa	وَاقِعَاتِ‎; وَقَائِعَ wāqiʕāti‎; waqāʔiʕa
Genitive	وَاقِعَاتٍ‎; وَقَائِعَ wāqiʕātin‎; waqāʔiʕa	الْوَاقِعَاتِ‎; الْوَقَائِعِ al-wāqiʕāti‎; al-waqāʔiʕi	وَاقِعَاتِ‎; وَقَائِعِ wāqiʕāti‎; waqāʔiʕi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: vaqiə
• → Bashkir: ваҡиға (vaqiğa)
• → Kazakh: оқиға (oqiğa)
• → Kyrgyz: окуя (okuya)
• → Ottoman Turkish: واقعه (vakıa)
  • Turkish: vakıa
• → Pashto: واقعه (wāqe'á)
• → Persian: واقعه (vâqe'e)
• → Tajik: воқеа (voqea)
• → Tatar: вакыйга (waqıyga)
• → Uzbek: voqea

References

• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “واقعة”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “واقعة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen