suffer losses

He put it, or laid it, (KL, * PS,) in, or on, a place: (PS:) he put it, or threw it, down from his hand: (TA:) contr. of رَفَعَه: (Mgh:) syn. حَطَّهُ: (K, * TA, in art. حط:) but it has a more general sense than this last. (Er-Rághib, Kull.) ― -b2- وَضَعَ He put down a thing: contr. of رَفَعَ. (K, voce نَصَبَ.) ― -b3- وَضَعَتْ She brought forth. ― -b4- وَضَعَ لَهُ He appointed to him, or for him, a sign, or token, &c.: see Msb in art. علم. ― -b5- وَضَعَ عَلَيْهِ He imposed upon him a fine, or tax, &c. ― -b6- وَضَعَ He remitted a tax or the like; did not exact it. (Mgh, Msb, in art. جوح.) ― -b7- وَضَعُوا الحَرْبَ (assumed tropical:) [They gave over, or relinquished, war;] they made peace; opposed to رَفَعُوهَا. (Ham, pp. 179 and 180.) ― -b8- وَضَعَ مِنْهُ, (S,) or عَنْهُ, (K,) He lowered his grade, rank, condition, (S, K,) or estimation. (K.) ― -b9- وُضِعَ فِى تِجَارَتِهِ He lost, or suffered loss or diminution, in his traffic; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) did not gain in it; (Mgh;) as also ↓ أُوْضِعَ. (Mgh.) ― -b10- وَضَعَ He forged (a word:) he forged (poetry, على in the name of). (Mz, 8th نوع.) ― -b11- وَضَعَ لَفْظًا لِشَىْءٍ He applied or assigned or appropriated a word, or phrase, to denote, or signify, a thing. (Kull, 371, &c.) See also إِزَآء. ― -b12- وَضَعْتُ عَلَيْهِ الشَّىْءَ app. signifies I made the thing according to his, or its, measare. See قَدَرْتُ.

: see طُرْقَةٌ.

See 1. ― -b2- مِنْ أَيْنَ أَوْضَعَ الرَّاكِبُ i. q. من اين أَوْضَحَ. (T, in L, art. وضح.)

He was, or became, lowly, humble, submissive, or in a state of abasement: (Msb:) or he lowered, humbled, or abased, himself. (S, K.) ― -b2- تَوَاضَعَا الرُّهُونَ They two laid bets, wagers, or stakes, each with the other; syn. تَرَاهَنَا. (TA, art. رهن.) ― -b3- تَوَاضَعَتِ الأَرْضُ (tropical:) The land was lower than that which was next to it. (TA.)

: see R. Q. 2 in art. ضع.

, as one of the ten predicaments, or categories, Collocation, or posture. ― -b2- Also The constitution of a thing; its conformation; its make. And i. q. قَنٌّ, meaning A mode, or manner, &c.

perhaps an inf. n. of وَضَعَتْ, meaning “ she brought forth: ” see 1, third sentence, in art. قرأ.

Low, ignoble, vile, or mean; of no rank, or estimation. (Msb.)

He is the depository of my secret, or secrets. ― -b2- مَوْضِعُهُ الرَّفْعُ Same as مَحَلُّهُ الرفع ― -b3- مَوْضِعٌ The proper application, or meaning, of a word. (Bd, iv. 48 and v. 45.) See 1 in art. حرف. And The case in which a word is to be used: see S, art. on the particle فَ. ― -b4- And The proper place of a thing. ― -b5- 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.

A certain pace of a beast; contr. of مَرْفُوعٌ. (S in art. رفع.) ― -b2- مَوْضُوعٌ as an inf. n., signifying a certain manner of going of a beast: see رَفَعَ البَعِيرُ. ― -b3- مَوْضُوعٌ, in logic, (assumed tropical:) A subject, as opposed to a predicate: and (assumed tropical:) a substance, as opposed to an accident: in each sense, contr. of مَحْمُولٌ. ― -b4- (assumed tropical:) The subject of a book or the like. ― -b5- See مَصْنُوعٌ. ― -b6- أَصْوَاتٌ مَصُوغَةٌ مَوُضُوعَةٌ: see art. صوغ.

[when used as a conv. term in lexicology] i. q. إِصْطِلَاحٌ [when so used]. (Mz, 1st نوع.)

[(assumed tropical:) A low hill]. (S in art. خشع.)