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أَجاب
to answer /ʔaˈdʒaːba/
verbA2#1010 most common
Also: to reply, to respond
Example sentences
أَجابَ أَحمَدُ عَنِ السُّؤالِ.
Ahmed answered the question.
أَجابَتْ سارَةُ عَلى رِسالَتي بِسُرعَةٍ.
Sara answered my message quickly.
لَمْ يُجِبِ المُديرُ عَنْ سُؤالي حَتّى الآنَ.
The manager has not answered my question yet.
أَجابَ الوَزيرُ عَنْ أَسئِلَةِ الصَّحَفِيّينَ بِهُدوءٍ.
The minister answered the journalists' questions calmly.
عِندَما سُئِلَ عَنِ الفَضيحَةِ، أَجابَ بِعِباراتٍ غامِضَةٍ لِيَتَجَنَّبَ الجَدَلَ.
When he was asked about the scandal, he answered in vague terms to avoid controversy.
لَو أَجَبتَ بِصِدقٍ مُنذُ البِدايَةِ، لَما وَقَعنا في هذا المَأزِقِ.
Had you answered honestly from the start, we would not have ended up in this predicament.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُجيبُ | أَجَبْتُ | سَأُجيبُ |
| 2sg | تُجيبُ | أَجَبْتَ | سَتُجيبُ |
| 3sg | يُجيبُ | أَجابَ | سَيُجيبُ |
| 1pl | نُجيبُ | أَجَبْنا | سَنُجيبُ |
| 2pl | تُجيبونَ | أَجَبْتُمْ | سَتُجيبونَ |
| 3pl | يُجيبونَ | أَجابوا | سَيُجيبونَ |
Word family
جَوابanswer, reply
إِجابةanswer, response
اِستَجابَto respond, to comply
مُجيبrespondent; answering machine
تَجاوَبَto interact, to resonate
Etymology
أَجابَ is a Form IV verb built on the triliteral Semitic root ج-و-ب (j-w-b). The base sense of the root involves cutting through or traversing, and in this derived stem it settled into the meaning of returning a reply. The common noun جَواب ("answer") comes from the same root. Arabic is a Semitic language, so there is no Proto-Indo-European source.
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