Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

Includes Hans Wehr and al-Mufradat — All in One Search

مَوْضِعُ

Root: وضع

Full Definition

مَوْضِعُ He is the depository of my secret, or secrets.
2 مَوْضِعُهُ الرَّفْعُ Same as مَحَلُّهُ الرفع
3 مَوْضِعٌ The proper application, or meaning, of a word. See 1 in art. حرف. And The case in which a word is to be used: see S, art. on the particle فَ.
4 And The proper place of a thing.
5 Ground; as when one says, “ a ground for, or of, belief, trust, accusation, ” &c. And The proper object of an action, &c.: as in the phrase فُلَانٌ مَوْضِعٌ لِلْإِكْرَامِ Such a one is a proper object of honouring.
Lane's Lexicon + Hans Wehr + Mufradat

Three dictionaries. One search.

"The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor — to this day supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography."

47,000+ classical entries Root-based navigation Full text search Hyperlinked definitions
Try Now

Trusted by researchers at University of Michigan, Duke, Alberta & more