أجاب

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ج و ب (j w b)
8 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.d͡ʒaː.ba/
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Verb

أَجَابَ (ʔajāba) IV (non-past يُجِيبُ (yujību), verbal noun إِجَابَة (ʔijāba) or جَوَاب (jawāb))

  1. to respond, to reply, to answer
    أَجِب مِن فَضْلِكَʔajib min faḍlikaplease answer
    لقد وجد كثيرون أن الكتاب المقدس يجيبهم عن الأسئلة المهمة في الحياة.
    Many have found that the Bible answers the important questions in life.
    كيف تجيب بعض الناس الذين يقولون:‏ دراسة الكتاب المقدس هي تضييع للوقت.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Swahili: -jibu

References

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

Etymology 2

Verb

أجاب (form I)

  1. أُجَابُ (ʔujābu) /ʔu.d͡ʒaː.bu/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of جَابَ (jāba)
  2. أُجَابَ (ʔujāba) /ʔu.d͡ʒaː.ba/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of جَابَ (jāba)