استجاب

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Arabic

Root
ج و ب (j w b)
9 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

اِسْتَجَابَ (istajāba) X (non-past يَسْتَجِيبُ (yastajību), verbal noun اِسْتِجَابَة (istijāba))

  1. to respond
  2. to hear, to answer (to prayer), to grant (a request)
    قَالَ اللِّصُّ: فَدَعَتْ أُمِّي عَلَيَّ وَطَلَبَتْ مِنَ اللهِ أَنْ يَمْسَخَنِي حِمَارًا فَاسْتَجَابَ اللهُ دَعَاءَهَا...
    qāla l-liṣṣu: fa-daʕat ʔummī ʕalayya wa-ṭalabat mina llāhi ʔan yamsaḵanī ḥimāran fa-stajāba llāhu daʕāʔahā...
    The thief said: My mother prayed for me and asked God to turn me into a donkey, so God answered her prayers... (from Juha's stories)

Conjugation

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “جوب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN