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جَلَب

to bring, to fetch /ˈdʒalaba/

verbA1#517 most common

Also: to attract, to draw (attention), to procure, to supply, to import; to bring about (a result)

Example sentences

جَلَبَ الوَلَدُ الماءَ.
The boy brought the water.
هل جَلَبْتَ الكتابَ معك؟
Did you bring the book with you?
جَلَبَتْ هذه الأخبارُ الفرحَ للعائلة.
This news brought joy to the family.
جَلَبَ سلوكُه المتهورُ المتاعبَ له.
His reckless behavior brought him trouble.
جَلَبَ المعرضُ الجديدُ أعداداً كبيرةً من الزوّار إلى المدينة.
The new exhibition drew large numbers of visitors to the city.
إنّ السياساتِ الاقتصاديةَ المتهورةَ جَلَبَتْ على البلادِ أزمةً طاحنةً لم تتعافَ منها بعد.
Reckless economic policies brought upon the country a crushing crisis from which it has not yet recovered.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgأَجْلِبُجَلَبْتُسَأَجْلِبُ
2sgتَجْلِبُجَلَبْتَسَتَجْلِبُ
3sgيَجْلِبُجَلَبَسَيَجْلِبُ
1plنَجْلِبُجَلَبْنَاسَنَجْلِبُ
2plتَجْلِبُونَجَلَبْتُمْسَتَجْلِبُونَ
3plيَجْلِبُونَجَلَبُواسَيَجْلِبُونَ

Word family

جَلْب (jalb)bringing, fetching, importation
جَلَّاب (jallāb)purveyor, supplier; one who brings
جَالِب (jālib)bringing, causing, attracting
مَجْلُوب (majlūb)imported, brought in
اِجْتَلَبَ (ijtalaba)to bring, attract, procure (Form VIII)

Etymology

The verb comes from the common Semitic triliteral root ج-ل-ب (j-l-b), tied to bringing, fetching, and drawing something toward oneself. From the same root Arabic formed جلابة, a loose hooded robe, which passed into European languages as djellaba and chilaba. The root has no Indo-European source.

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