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بَلَغ
to reach /ˈba.la.ɣa/
verbA2#1257 most common
Also: to attain, arrive at, to amount to (a figure), to come of age
Example sentences
بَلَغَ الوَلَدُ المَدْرَسَةَ.
The boy reached the school.
بَلَغَتِ الحَرارَةُ أَرْبَعينَ دَرَجَةً.
The temperature reached forty degrees.
بَلَغَ عَدَدُ السُّكّانِ مِليونَ نَسَمَةٍ.
The population reached one million people.
بَلَغَني خَبَرُ نَجاحِكَ فَفَرِحْتُ بِهِ.
The news of your success reached me, and I was glad of it.
بَلَغَ السَّيْلُ الزُّبى في خِلافِهِما.
Their dispute has reached a breaking point.
وَلَمّا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُ آتَيْناهُ حُكْماً وَعِلْماً.
And when he reached full maturity, We gave him judgment and knowledge.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَبْلُغُ (ablughu) | بَلَغْتُ (balaghtu) | سَأَبْلُغُ (sa-ablughu) |
| 2sg | تَبْلُغُ (tablughu) | بَلَغْتَ (balaghta) | سَتَبْلُغُ (sa-tablughu) |
| 3sg | يَبْلُغُ (yablughu) | بَلَغَ (balagha) | سَيَبْلُغُ (sa-yablughu) |
| 1pl | نَبْلُغُ (nablughu) | بَلَغْنا (balaghnā) | سَنَبْلُغُ (sa-nablughu) |
| 2pl | تَبْلُغونَ (tablughūna) | بَلَغْتُمْ (balaghtum) | سَتَبْلُغونَ (sa-tablughūna) |
| 3pl | يَبْلُغونَ (yablughūna) | بَلَغوا (balaghū) | سَيَبْلُغونَ (sa-yablughūna) |
Word family
بَلَّغَto convey, to deliver (a message)
بَلاغcommuniqué, official announcement
بَلاغةeloquence, rhetoric
بالِغadult, of age; far-reachingمَبْلَغamount, sum of moneyEtymology
From the Semitic triliteral root b-l-gh, carrying the core sense of reaching or attaining. In Arabic the root grew into a wide family covering arrival, the conveying of a message, and eloquence. The same root yields بَلاغة (eloquence) and بالِغ (adult), both resting on the idea of something that has reached its full extent.
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