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عَجَّل
to hasten, to speed (something) up /ˈʕadʒ.dʒa.la/
verbB2#3928 most common
Also: to expedite, to rush (something), to hurry up (someone/something)
Example sentences
عَجِّلْ!
Hurry up!
هُوَ يُعَجِّلُ فِي عَمَلِهِ.
He is hurrying through his work.
عَجَّلَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ تَسْلِيمَ الطَّلَبِ.
The company sped up the delivery of the order.
يَجِبُ أَنْ نُعَجِّلَ الاجْتِمَاعَ لِأَنَّ الوَقْتَ ضَيِّقٌ.
We must move the meeting up because time is short.
عَجَّلَ الطَّبِيبُ بِإِجْرَاءِ العَمَلِيَّةِ خَوْفًا مِنْ تَدَهْوُرِ حَالَةِ المَرِيضِ.
The doctor rushed the operation for fear the patient's condition would worsen.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنَ الضَّغْطِ الشَّدِيدِ، رَفَضَ الخَبِيرُ أَنْ يُعَجِّلَ بِإِصْدَارِ تَقْرِيرِهِ النِّهَائِيِّ خَشْيَةَ الوُقُوعِ فِي الخَطَأِ.
Despite intense pressure, the expert refused to rush the release of his final report for fear of a mistake.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُعَجِّلُ | عَجَّلْتُ | سَأُعَجِّلُ |
| 2sg | تُعَجِّلُ | عَجَّلْتَ | سَتُعَجِّلُ |
| 3sg | يُعَجِّلُ | عَجَّلَ | سَيُعَجِّلُ |
| 1pl | نُعَجِّلُ | عَجَّلْنَا | سَنُعَجِّلُ |
| 2pl | تُعَجِّلُونَ | عَجَّلْتُمْ | سَتُعَجِّلُونَ |
| 3pl | يُعَجِّلُونَ | عَجَّلُوا | سَيُعَجِّلُونَ |
Word family
عَجَلَةhaste, hurry
عَاجِلurgent, immediate
عَجُولhasty, impetuous
تَعَجَّلَto hurry oneself, be in a rush
اِسْتَعْجَلَto press someone for haste, to be impatient
Etymology
عَجَّل belongs to the Semitic root ع-ج-ل (ʿ-j-l), which carries the core sense of speed or haste. The bare Form I verb عَجِلَ means simply to be quick or to hurry oneself. Doubling the middle root letter produces the Form II verb عَجَّل, a common Arabic pattern for turning a basic state into a causative action: to make something hurry, that is, to speed it up or expedite it.
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