جاء

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaː.ʔa/

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جَاءَ • (jāʔa) I (non-past يَجِيءُ (yajīʔu), verbal noun مَجِيء (majīʔ) or جَيْء (jayʔ) or جَيْئَة (jayʔa) or جِيئَة (jīʔa))

1. to come

   لِمَاذَا جِئْتَ مُتَأَخِّرًا؟

   limāḏā jiʔta mutaʔaḵḵiran?

   Why did you come late?

2. to bring
   • Al-Farazdaq

     أُولَئِكَ آبَائِي فَجِئْنِي بِمِثْلِهِمْ / إِذَا جَمَعَتْنَا يَا جَرِيرُ الْمَجَامِعُ

     ʔūlaʔika ʔābāʔī fajiʔnī bimiṯlihim / ʔiḏā jamaʕatnā yā jarīru l-majāmiʕu

     Those are my forefathers, so bring to me any like them if we are brought together - O Jarir - in any place of assembly

3. (transitive) to produce, to make, to come up with
4. (transitive) to commit, to perpetrate (something)
5. to occur, to be present

   Synonym: وَرَدَ (warada)

   • 2015, سمير صبحي, أحكام الوقف في ضوء الشريعة الإسلامية وفقا للقانون السعودي, →ISBN, page 158:

     وقد جاء في المذكرة الإيضاحية بشأن هذا الحرمان ما نصه […]

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• (all senses): أَتَى (ʔatā)

• Egyptian Arabic: جه (gih)
• Hijazi Arabic: جا (jā)
• Moroccan Arabic: جا (jā)

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

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaː.ʔin/

جَاءٍ • (jāʔin) (feminine جَائِيَة (jāʔiya), masculine plural جَاؤُونَ (jāʔūna), feminine plural جَائِيَات (jāʔiyāt))

1. active participle of جَاءَ (jāʔa)
   • 14th century, Ibn Hishām Al-Ansari, edited by محَمَّد خَيْر طعمَه الحَلبي, شرح قطر الندى وبل الصدى, Dar Al-Marefah, published 2009, →ISBN, page 264:

     وَمِثَالُهَا لِلشَّكِّ قَوْلُكَ: «جَاءَ زَيْدٌ أَوْ عَمْرٌو» إِذَا لَمْ تَعْلَمِ الْجَائِيَ مِنْهُمَا. ¶ وَمِثَالُهَا لِلتَّشْكِيكِ قُوْلُكَ: «جَاءَ زَيْدٌ أَوْ عَمْرٌو» إِذَا كُنْتَ عَالِمًا بِالْجَائِي مِنْهُمَا، وَلَٰكِنَّكَ أَبْهَمْتَ عَلَى الْمُخَاطَبِ.

     wamiṯāluhā li-š-šakki qawluka: “jāʔa zaydun ʔaw ʕamrun” ʔiḏā lam taʕlami al-jāʔiya minhumā. ¶ wamiṯāluhā li-t-taškīki quwluka: “jāʔa zaydun ʔaw ʕamrun” ʔiḏā kunta ʕāliman bi-l-jāʔī minhumā, walākinnaka ʔabhamta ʕalā l-muḵāṭabi.

     An example of its use for expressing doubt is saying, "Zayd or Amr came," when you do not know which of them actually came. ¶ An example of its use for causing doubt is saying, "Zayd or Amr came," when you know which one of them came but you leave it ambiguous for the listener.