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جَهَّز
to prepare /ʒahˈhaz/
verbB1#1838 most common
Also: to equip, to make ready, to outfit
Example sentences
جَهَّزَ الطَّعَامَ.
He prepared the food.
جَهَّزْتُ حَقِيبَتِي.
I got my bag ready.
جَهَّزَتِ الأُمُّ الأَوْلَادَ لِلْمَدْرَسَةِ.
The mother got the children ready for school.
جَهَّزَ الفَرِيقُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ قَبْلَ وُصُولِ الضُّيُوفِ.
The team prepared everything before the guests arrived.
جَهَّزَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ المَعْدَاتِ اللَّازِمَةَ لِلْمَشْرُوعِ الجَدِيدِ.
The company equipped the necessary machinery for the new project.
لَوْ جَهَّزْنَا الوَثَائِقَ فِي الوَقْتِ المُنَاسِبِ لَتَجَنَّبْنَا هٰذَا التَّأْخِيرَ الطَّوِيلَ.
Had we prepared the documents on time, we would have avoided this long delay.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُجَهِّزُ | جَهَّزْتُ | سَأُجَهِّزُ |
| 2sg | تُجَهِّزُ | جَهَّزْتَ | سَتُجَهِّزُ |
| 3sg | يُجَهِّزُ | جَهَّزَ | سَيُجَهِّزُ |
| 1pl | نُجَهِّزُ | جَهَّزْنَا | سَنُجَهِّزُ |
| 2pl | تُجَهِّزُونَ | جَهَّزْتُمْ | سَتُجَهِّزُونَ |
| 3pl | يُجَهِّزُونَ | جَهَّزُوا | سَيُجَهِّزُونَ |
Word family
جِهَازdevice, apparatus
تَجْهِيزpreparation, equippingجَاهِزready, prepared
تَجَهَّزَto get oneself ready
مُجَهَّزequipped, fitted out
Etymology
The verb comes from the triliteral root ج-ه-ز, tied to the idea of outfitting or equipping. The base form جَهَاز means equipment or a set of gear. The doubled second radical marks the intensive Form II pattern, which here carries the sense of actively getting something ready.
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