تأكد

تَأَكَّدَ • (taʔakkada) V (non-past يَتَأَكَّدُ (yataʔakkadu), verbal noun تَأَكُّد (taʔakkud))

1. to be confirmed, to prove to be true
2. to be undeniable, to be urgent (of a need)
3. to be strengthened, to be fortified
4. to be or become convinced or certain or sure

   كيف تتأكد أن وعود الكتاب المقدس ستتحقَّق؟ ― How can you be sure that the promises of the Bible will be fulfilled?

5. to ascertain

   كيف نتأكد من ذلك؟ ― How can we ascertain that?

According to Lane, the more correct verb to use in place of this one is تَوَكَّدَ (tawakkada), with similar meanings.

• وَكَّدَ (wakkada, “to fasten, to assert, to confirm”)
• تَوَكَّدَ (tawakkada, “to be confirmed, to ascertain”)
• أَكَّدَ (ʔakkada, “to assure, to confirm”)

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “تأكد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “توكد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “تأكد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “تأكد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

تَأَكُّد • (taʔakkud) m

1. verbal noun of تَأَكَّدَ (taʔakkada) (form V)

From Arabic تأَكَّدَ.

• IPA^(key): /tʔak.kad/,

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تأكّد • (tʔakkad) V (present بتأكّد (bitʔakkad), active participle متأكّد (mitʔakked))

1. (intransitive) to confirm, to make sure