Arabic

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Etymology

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Morphologically from the root ج و ب (j-w-b).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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اِسْتَجَابَ (istajāba) X, non-past يَسْتَجِيبُ‎ (yastajību)

  1. to hear, to answer (to prayer), to grant (a request)
    قَالَ اللِّصُّ: فَدَعَتْ أُمِّي عَلَيَّ وَطَلَبَتْ مِنَ اللهِ أَنْ يَمْسَخَنِي حِمَارًا فَاسْتَجَابَ اللهُ دَعَاءَهَا...
    qāla l-liṣṣu: fa-daʕat ʔummī ʕalayya wa-ṭalabat mina llāhi ʔan yamsaḵanī ḥimāran fa-stajāba llāhu daʕāʔahā...
    The thief said: My mother prayed for me and asked God to turn me into a donkey, so God answered her prayers... (from Juha's stories)

Conjugation

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “جوب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN