وجب

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Arabic

Root
و ج ب (w j b)
11 terms

Etymology 1

Form I verb from the root و ج ب (w-j-b).

Pronunciation

Verb

وَجَبَ (wajaba) I (non-past يَجِبُ (yajibu), verbal noun وُجُوب (wujūb))

  1. (intransitive) to be necessary, have to be; must: followed by عَلَى (ʕalā, on) or by أَنْ (ʔan) and the subjunctive with a personal subject
    كَمَا يَجِبُ
    kamā yajibu
    as it should be, as it must be
    يَجِبُ أَن أَذْهَبَyajibu ʔan ʔaḏhabaIt is necessary for me to go; I must go
  2. (intransitive) to be one's duty; to be incumbent, imposed, enjoined: followed by عَلَى (ʕalā, on)
    يَجِب عَلَيْهِ أَنْ ...
    yajib ʕalayhi ʔan ...
    it is his duty to, he has to, he must
Usage notes

In the first sense, وَجَبَ (wajaba) is impersonal: it does not take a personal subject. The person for whom something is necessary is given as the object of عَلَى (ʕalā, on) or as the subject of the verb in the clause introduced by the subjunctive particle أَنْ (ʔan).

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Causative Form II verb from the root و ج ب (w-j-b); compare وَجَبَ (wajaba, to be necessary).

Pronunciation

Verb

وَجَّبَ (wajjaba) II (non-past يُوَجِّبُ (yuwajjibu), verbal noun تَوْجِيب (tawjīb))

  1. (transitive, construed with عَلَى (ʕalā)) to impose (something) on
Conjugation
References
  • Mace, John (2007) “وجب”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN

Persian

Noun

وجب (vajab)

  1. span
    Synonym: (Dari) بلست (belest)