Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ج ع ل (j-ʕ-l)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.ʕa.la/
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Verb edit

جَعَلَ (jaʕala) I, non-past يَجْعَلُ‎ (yajʕalu)

  1. (transitive) to make: to create
    أَجْعَلُ عَدَاوَةً بَيْنَكِ وَبَيْنَ الْمَرْأَةِ
    ʔajʕalu ʕadāwatan baynaki wabayna l-marʔati
    I will put enmity between thee and the woman.
  2. (transitive) to put, to place, to lay
  3. (ditransitive) to affect, to bring about, to make, to cause
  4. to fix, to set
  5. to begin to (followed by a non-past verb)
    جَعَلْتُ أَبْكِي.jaʕaltu ʔabkī.I began to cry
Conjugation edit
Descendants edit
  • Maltese: ġiegħel

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

جَعْل (jaʕlm

  1. verbal noun of جَعَلَ (jaʕala) (form I)
Declension edit