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أَوْجَب
to necessitate, to make obligatory /ʔawˈdʒaba/
verbB2#3308 most common
Also: to require, to make incumbent, to render binding
Example sentences
الطبيب أَوْجَبَ عليه الراحة.
The doctor required him to rest.
القانون يُوجِبُ ارتداء حزام الأمان.
The law requires wearing a seatbelt.
أَوْجَبَت الحكومة على الشركات دفع الضريبة الجديدة.
The government made it obligatory for companies to pay the new tax.
يُوجِبُ الدستور على الرئيس أن يؤدي القسم أمام البرلمان.
The constitution requires the president to take the oath before parliament.
أَوْجَبَ العلماء إعادة النظر في هذه النظرية بعد ظهور أدلة جديدة تنقضها.
Scholars deemed it necessary to reconsider this theory after new evidence emerged that refutes it.
إن ما أَوْجَبَته الظروف الاستثنائية من إجراءات مشددة أثار جدلا واسعا حول مدى تعارضها مع الحريات الفردية.
The strict measures that the exceptional circumstances necessitated sparked wide debate over how far they conflict with individual freedoms.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُوجِبُ | أَوْجَبْتُ | سَأُوجِبُ |
| 2sg | تُوجِبُ | أَوْجَبْتَ | سَتُوجِبُ |
| 3sg | يُوجِبُ | أَوْجَبَ | سَيُوجِبُ |
| 1pl | نُوجِبُ | أَوْجَبْنَا | سَنُوجِبُ |
| 2pl | تُوجِبُونَ | أَوْجَبْتُمْ | سَتُوجِبُونَ |
| 3pl | يُوجِبُونَ | أَوْجَبُوا | سَيُوجِبُونَ |
Word family
وَاجِبduty, obligatory; also homework
وُجُوبnecessity, obligation (verbal noun)
يَجِبit is necessary (present tense of the base verb)
مُوجِبcause, reason; also positive (in logic or math)
إِيجَابaffirmation, positivity (verbal noun of the causative verb)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root w-j-b, which carries the sense of falling due or becoming necessary. The base verb wajaba means to be necessary or incumbent. Adding the causative Form IV pattern awjaba turns this into to make necessary, to impose as an obligation.
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