Arabic

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Etymology 1

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From ضَحَّى (ḍaḥḥā, sacrifice, immolate).

Noun

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أَضْحَى (ʔaḍḥām (collective, singulative أَضْحَاة f (ʔaḍḥāh))

  1. sacrificial animal, victim
Declension
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Etymology 2

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From ضَحْوَة (ḍaḥwa, morning), from the root ض ح و (ḍ-ḥ-w). Sense of “become” resembles other verbs of similar meaning derived from different times of day; compare أَصْبَحَ (ʔaṣbaḥa), بَاتَ (bāta), أَمْسَى (ʔamsā), all meaning "become."

Verb

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أَضْحَى (ʔaḍḥā) IV (non-past يُضْحِي (yuḍḥī), verbal noun إِضْحَاء (ʔiḍḥāʔ))

  1. (copulative) to become
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:صار
    أَضْحَى الطَّالِبُ نَشِيطًا
    ʔaḍḥā aṭ-ṭālibu našīṭan
    The student became hardworking.
  2. to make visible
  3. to set out (to do something), to commence (doing something)
Conjugation
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