موضوع

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موضوع

/maw.dˤuːʕ/

Rhymes with -uːʕ

Where it comes from

Derived from the passive participle of وَضَعَ (waḍaʕa, “to put, lay”).

The sense “topic, subject” at first in logical discourse as a calque of Ancient Greek ὑποκείμενον (hupokeímenon, literally “that which is laid down, underlying, suggested”).

noun مَوْضُوع · mawḍūʕ · مَوَاضِيع · الْمَوْضُوع

topic, subject, theme

adjective مَوْضُوع · mawḍūʕ · مَوْضُوعَة · مَوْضُوعُون · مَوْضُوعَات

participle, passive passive participle of وَضَع (waḍaʕ) الْقَهْوَةُ مَوْضُوعَةٌ عَلىٰ الطَاوِلَة
invented, constructed
fabricated, deceptively made up حَدِيث مَوْضُوع
Similar: مُفْتَرًى, مَكْذُوب

In English

subject main topic
thread (Internet) a series of messages
theme subject of a talk or an artistic piece
topic subject; theme
fabricated false

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {موضوع},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B6%D9%88%D8%B9},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}