ابتغى

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Arabic

Root
ب غ ي (b ḡ y)
8 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

اِبْتَغَى (ibtaḡā) VIII (non-past يَبْتَغِي (yabtaḡī), verbal noun اِبْتِغَاء (ibtiḡāʔ))

  1. (transitive) to aim at, to aspire to, to long for, to crave after
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 48:29:
      تَرَاهُمْ رُكَّعًا سُجَّدًا يَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلًا مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرِضْوَانًا
      tarāhum rukkaʕan sujjadan yabtaḡūna faḍlan mina l-lahi wariḍwānan
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation