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أجاب

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ج و ب (j w b)
10 terms

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔa.d͡ʒaː.ba/
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Verb

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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.
    How do you answer some people who say: studying the holy book is wasting time.
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • Swahili: -jibu

References

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  • 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

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Verb

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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)