طوع

See also: ط و ع

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ط و ع (ṭ-w-ʿ).

Noun

طَوْع (ṭawʿ) m

  1. verbal noun of طَاعَ (ṭāʿa) (form I)
  2. obedience
  3. voluntariness, spontaneity
    طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًاṭawʿan ʾaw karhanwillingly or unwillingly

Declension

Adjective

طَوْع (ṭawʿ) (feminine طَوْع (ṭawʿ), elative أَطْوَع (ʾaṭwaʿ))

  1. obedient, compliant, submissive

Declension

Verb

طَوَّعَ (ṭawwaʿa) II, non-past يُطَوِّعُ‎ (yuṭawwiʿu)

  1. to subjugate
  2. to entice, to tempt, to make covet
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:30:
      فَطَوَّعَتْ لَهُ نَفْسُهُ قَتْلَ أَخِيهِ فَقَتَلَهُ
      fa-ṭawwaʿat lahu nafsuhu qatla ʾaḵīhi fa-qatalahu
      And his soul enticed to him the murder of his brother, so he killed him

Conjugation

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