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waǧh وَجْه
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ID 911 • Sw – • BP 170 • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
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1 face, countenance; 2a front, face, facade; b outside; c surface; 3a right side of a fabric; b dial (of a clock or watch); c face, obverse (of a coin); 4 prominent personality; 5 exterior, look(s), appearance, guise, semblance; 6 side; 7 direction; 8a intention, intent, design, purpose, aim, goal, objective, end; b course, policy, guiding principle, precept; 9 way, manner, mode, procedure, method; 10 reason, cause; 11 sense, meaning, signification, purport; 12 beginning, start, outset, first part of a given period of time; – pl. ʔawǧūh and wuǧūh, 13a aspect; b approach, point of view; c viewpoint, standpoint; – pl. ʔawǧūh, 14 phase (of the moon; also el.) – WehrCowan1979.
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I Adverbial phrases:
► waǧhan, adv., apparently
► waǧhan bi‑\li‑waǧh, adv., in private, personally, directly
► waǧhan min al-wuǧūhi, adv., (with preceding negation) in no way (whatsoever)
► bi‑waǧh al-ʔiǧmāl, adv., on the whole, by and large, in general
► bi‑\ʕalà waǧh al-taqrīb, adv., approximately, roughly, nearly
► waǧh ḫāṣṣ or ʕalà waǧh ḫāṣṣ, adv., especially, in particular
► bi‑\ʕalà waǧh ʕāmm, adv., generally, in general
► bi‑waǧh mā, adv., 1 some way or other, somehow; 2 in a certain way, to a certain extent
► bi‑dūn waǧh ḥaqq, adv., without any legitimate claim, without being in the least entitled, in an entirely unlawful manner
► ʕalà waǧh…, prep., 1 in the manner of, in the form of, in the shape of; 2 with regard to, concerning, about
► ʕalà waǧhi-h, adv., 1 in his own way; 2 in the right manner, correctly, properly, as it should be
► ʕalà ġayr waǧhi-h, adv., improperly, incorrectly, wrongly
► maḍà ʕalà waǧhi-h and ḏahaba ʕalà waǧhi-h, vb., one’s own way, go one’s way
► ʕalà hāḏā ’l-waǧh, adv., in this manner, this way, thus
► ʕalà waǧh al-ʔiǧmāl, adv., 1 on the whole, by and large, in general; 2 altogether, in the aggregate
► ʕalà ’l-waǧh al-tālī, adv., in the following manner, as follows
► ʕalà waǧh al-tafṣīl, adv., at great length, in detail, elaborately
► ʕalà waǧh al-ḥaṣr, adv., in a condensed form, briefly stated, in a nutshell
► ʕalà waǧh al-ʕumūm, adv., in general, generally
► ʕalà waǧh al-yaqīn, adv., with certainty
► fī waǧhi-h, adv., 1 before him, in his presence; counter to him; 2 before his (very) eyes
► li‑waǧhi ’llāh, adv., 1 for the sake of God, regardless of any reward in this life; 2 for nothing, gratis
► min kull waǧh, adv., in every respect, from every point of view, on all grounds
► min wuǧūh kaṯīraẗ, adv., many points of view, in many respects
► min baʕḍ al-wuǧūh, adv., in some ways
► min kulli al-wuǧūh, adv., in every respect, in every way, all the way through, completely.

► II Verbal phrases:
► ĭbyaḍḍa waǧhu-h, vb., to enjoy an excellent reputation, stand in good repute
► ĭswadda waǧhu-h, vb., to fall into discredit, be discredited, be in disgrace
► ʔaḫaḏa waǧhan, vb., to win respect, gain prestige
► ʔaḫaḏa waǧh al-ʕarūsaẗ, vb., to consummate marriage
► ʔahāna-hū fī waǧhi-h, vb., to insult s.o. to his face
► bayyaḍa waǧha-h, vb., 1 to make s.o. appear blameless, in a favorable light, to whitewash, exculpate, vindicate, justify s.o., play s.o. up, make much of s.o.; 2 to honor s.o., show honor to s.o.
► ḥalā lahū waǧhu ’l-ṭarīq, expr., his way was unobstructed, he had clear sailing
► saffaha waǧha-h or sawwada waǧha-h, vb., to expose s.o. t show s.o. up, make a fool of s.o., bring s.o. into discredit, disgrace s.o., dishonor s.o.
► šawwaha waǧh al-ḥaqīqaẗ, vb., to distort the truth
► waǧh al-waẓīfaẗ, vb., to disgrace one’s profession or office
► ḍaraba waǧh al-ʔamr wa-ʕayna-h, vb., to touch on the very essence of a matter, hit the mark
► qāma fī waǧh fulān, vb., to stand up to s.o., take a stand against s.o.
► haraba min waǧh fulān, vb., to flee from s.o.

III Nominal phrases:
► al-waǧh al-baḥrī, n., Lower Egypt
► al-waǧh al-qiblī, n., Upper Egypt
► waǧh al-ḥāl, n., the circumstances, the state of affairs, the factual situation
► waǧh al-šabah, n., point of resemblance
► waǧh al-nahār, adv., during the daytime
► kalām ḏū waǧhayn, n. pl., equivocal statement, ambiguous words
► ʔawǧuh al-qamar, n. pl., the lunar phases
► wuǧūh al-nās, n. pl., prominent people, leading personalities.

IV With gen.neg.:
► lā waǧhᵃ li‑, expr., there is no reason for
► lā waǧhᵃ la-hū min al-ṣiḥḥaẗ, expr., it has no validity at all

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