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أَقْنَع
to convince /ʔaqˈnaʕa/
verbB1#2745 most common
Also: to persuade, to satisfy (an argument)
Example sentences
هَذَا الْكَلَامُ أَقْنَعَنِي.
That talk convinced me.
حَاوَلَتْ أَنْ تُقْنِعَ أُمَّهَا بِالْفِكْرَةِ.
She tried to convince her mother of the idea.
أَقْنَعَ الْمُدِيرُ الْمُوَظَّفِينَ بِالْخُطَّةِ الْجَدِيدَةِ.
The manager convinced the employees of the new plan.
لَمْ تُقْنِعْنِي حُجَجُهُ رَغْمَ طُولِ النِّقَاشِ.
His arguments did not convince me despite the long discussion.
اسْتَطَاعَ الْمُحَامِي أَنْ يُقْنِعَ هَيْئَةَ الْمُحَلَّفِينَ بِبَرَاءَةِ مُوَكِّلِهِ.
The lawyer managed to convince the jury of his client's innocence.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنَ الْأَدِلَّةِ الدَّامِغَةِ، لَمْ يُقْنِعِ الْخَبِيرُ اللَّجْنَةَ بِضَرُورَةِ تَعْدِيلِ السِّيَاسَةِ.
Despite the compelling evidence, the expert did not convince the committee of the need to amend the policy.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُقْنِعُ | أَقْنَعْتُ | سَأُقْنِعُ |
| 2sg | تُقْنِعُ | أَقْنَعْتَ | سَتُقْنِعُ |
| 3sg | يُقْنِعُ | أَقْنَعَ | سَيُقْنِعُ |
| 1pl | نُقْنِعُ | أَقْنَعْنَا | سَنُقْنِعُ |
| 2pl | تُقْنِعُونَ | أَقْنَعْتُمْ | سَتُقْنِعُونَ |
| 3pl | يُقْنِعُونَ | أَقْنَعُوا | سَيُقْنِعُونَ |
Word family
قَنِعَto be content, satisfied
قَنَاعَةcontentment, conviction
مُقْنِعconvincingاقْتَنَعَto become convinced
قَانِعcontent, satisfied (with little)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root q-n-ʕ, which carries the sense of being content or satisfied. Classical Arabic قَنِعَ means to be content with what one has. Form IV, أَفْعَلَ, adds a causative meaning to the root, so أَقْنَعَ means to make someone content or satisfied, in practice to win them over with an argument. Arabic is a Semitic language, not Indo-European, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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