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أَصْغَى
to listen attentively /ʔasˤˈɣaː/
verbB1#2029 most common
Also: to lend an ear, to heed, to pay attention
Example sentences
أَصْغَى الوَلَدُ إلى أُمِّهِ.
The boy listened to his mother.
أُصْغِي إلى المُعَلِّمِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.
I listen to the teacher every day.
أَصْغَيْنا إلى القِصَّةِ بِاهْتِمامٍ.
We listened to the story with interest.
يَجِبُ أَنْ تُصْغِيَ جَيِّداً قَبْلَ أَنْ تُجيبَ.
You must listen carefully before you answer.
أَصْغَى الحاضِرونَ إلى الخَطيبِ في صَمْتٍ تامٍّ.
The audience listened to the speaker in complete silence.
لَمْ يُصْغِ أَحَدٌ إلى تَحْذيراتِهِ، فَوَقَعَتِ الكارِثَةُ.
No one heeded his warnings, so the disaster occurred.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُصْغِي | أَصْغَيْتُ | سَأُصْغِي |
| 2sg | تُصْغِي | أَصْغَيْتَ | سَتُصْغِي |
| 3sg | يُصْغِي | أَصْغَى | سَيُصْغِي |
| 1pl | نُصْغِي | أَصْغَيْنا | سَنُصْغِي |
| 2pl | تُصْغُونَ | أَصْغَيْتُمْ | سَتُصْغُونَ |
| 3pl | يُصْغُونَ | أَصْغَوْا | سَيُصْغُونَ |
Word family
إِصْغاءattentive listening, attention
مُصْغٍlistener, one who pays attention
صَغاto incline, lean towardمُصْغًى إليهlistened to, attended to
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root ṣ- gh-w/y, whose base sense is to incline or lean toward something. أَصْغَى is the Form IV (causative) verb, so it means to make oneself incline toward a sound, that is, to bend one's ear to it. The idea of physical leaning became the idea of attentive listening.
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