جعل

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ج ع ل (j-ʕ-l)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.ʕa.la/
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Verb

جَعَلَ (jaʕala) I, non-past يَجْعَلُ‎ (yajʕalu)

  1. (transitive) to make: to create
    أَجْعَلُ عَدَاوَةً بَيْنَكِ وَبَيْنَ الْمَرْأَةِ
    ʔajʕalu ʕadāwatan baynaki wabayna l-marʔati
    I will put enmity between thee and the woman.
  2. (transitive) to put, to place, to lay
  3. (ditransitive) to affect, to bring about, to make, to cause
  4. to fix, to set
  5. to begin to (followed by a non-past verb)
    جَعَلْتُ أَبْكِي.jaʕaltu ʔabkī.I began to cry
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Maltese: ġiegħel

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

جَعْل (jaʕlm

  1. verbal noun of جَعَلَ (jaʕala) (form I)
Declension