استجوب

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Arabic

Etymology

Morphologically from the root ج و ب (j-w-b).

Verb

اِسْتَجْوَبَ (istajwaba) X (non-past يَسْتَجْوِبُ (yastajwibu), verbal noun اِسْتِجْوَاب (istijwāb))

  1. to question, to examine, to interview
    Synonym: طَلَبَ الجَوابَ (ṭalaba l-jawāba)
  2. to interrogate, to cross-examine
    Synonym: اِسْتَنْطَقَ (istanṭaqa)
    اِسْتَجْوَبَ المُحَقِّقُ المُشْتَبَهَ بِهِمْ لِسَاعَاتٍ.
    istajwaba l-muḥaqqiqu l-muštabaha bihim lisāʕātin.
    The investigator questioned the suspects for hours.
  3. to make an inquiry (e.g. in parliament)

Conjugation

References

  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “استجوب”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie
  • Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “استجوب”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
  • Solotareff, Gregoire (2014) “استجوب”, in Langenscheidt Universal-Wörterbuch Arabisch, 2014 edition, München: Langenscheidt, →ISBN
  • Arts, Tressy (2014) Oxford Arabic Dictionary, 2014 edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج و ب
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic اِسْتَجْوَبَ (istajwaba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /is.taʒ.wab/, ,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

استجوب (istajwab) X (present بستجوب (bistajweb))

  1. to question, to interrogate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of استجوب (stajwab)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m استجوبت (stajwabt) استجوبت (stajwabt) استجوب (stajwab) استجوبنا (stajwabna) استجوبتو (stajwabtu) استجوبو (stajwabu)
f استجوبتي (stajwabti) استجوبت (stajwabat)
present m بستجوب (bastajweb) بتستجوب (btistajweb) بستجوب (bistajweb) منستجوب (mnistajweb) بتستجوبو (btistajwebu) بستجوبو (bistajwebu)
f بتستجوبي (btistajwebi) بتستجوب (btistajweb)
subjunctive m استجوب (astajweb) تستجوب (tistajweb) يستجوب (yistajweb) نستجوب (nistajweb) تستجوبو (tistajwebu) يستجوبو (yistajwebu)
f تستجوبي (tistajwebi) تستجوب (tistajweb)
imperative m استجوب (stajweb) استجوبو (stajwebu)
f استجوبي (stajwebi)