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أَكَّد
to confirm /ˈʔak.ka.da/
verbB1#1426 most common
Also: to affirm, to emphasize, to assert
Example sentences
أُؤَكِّد لك هذا.
I assure you of this.
أَكَّد المعلّم أن الامتحان غداً.
The teacher confirmed that the exam is tomorrow.
أُؤَكِّد لكم أنني سأحضر الاجتماع.
I assure you that I will attend the meeting.
أَكَّدت الوزارة أن الأسعار لن ترتفع هذا العام.
The ministry confirmed that prices will not rise this year.
أَكَّد المتحدّث باسم الحكومة على ضرورة الالتزام بالاتفاق.
The government spokesman stressed the need to abide by the agreement.
أَكَّد الباحثون في دراستهم أن النتائج لا يمكن تعميمها دون مزيد من التجارب.
The researchers stressed in their study that the results cannot be generalized without further experiments.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُؤَكِّد | أَكَّدْتُ | سَأُؤَكِّد |
| 2sg | تُؤَكِّد | أَكَّدْتَ | سَتُؤَكِّد |
| 3sg | يُؤَكِّد | أَكَّدَ | سَيُؤَكِّد |
| 1pl | نُؤَكِّد | أَكَّدْنا | سَنُؤَكِّد |
| 2pl | تُؤَكِّدون | أَكَّدْتُم | سَتُؤَكِّدون |
| 3pl | يُؤَكِّدون | أَكَّدوا | سَيُؤَكِّدون |
Word family
تَأْكِيدconfirmation, emphasis
تَأَكَّدَto make sure, to be certain
مُؤَكَّدconfirmed, certain
أَكِيدsure, certainمُؤَكِّدone who confirms
Etymology
أَكَّد is the Form II verb of a root carrying the sense of firmness and certainty. Doubling the middle consonant gives the intensive meaning: to make something firm, hence to confirm or stress it. The root also appears with an initial waw in the older variant وَكَّد, which means the same thing. The noun تَأْكِيد, 'confirmation,' is built on the same pattern.
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