Arabic

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Root
ج د ل (j d l)
8 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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جَادَلَ (jādala) III (non-past يُجَادِلُ (yujādilu), verbal noun مُجَادَلَة (mujādala) or جِدَال (jidāl))

  1. to argue [with accusative ‘with someone’]
    Synonym: حَاجَّ (ḥājja)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 16:125:
      اُدْعُ إِلَى سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَٱلْمَوْعِظَةِ ٱلْحَسَنَةِ وَجَادِلْهُم بِٱلَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ
      udʕu ʔilā sabīli rabbika bi-l-ḥikmati wal-mawʕiẓati l-ḥasanati wajādilhum bi-llatī hiya ʔaḥsanu
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    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:56:
      وَيُجَادِلُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِالْبَاطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا بِهِ الْحَقَّ
      wayujādilu allaḏīna kafarū bi-l-bāṭili liyudḥiḍū bihi l-ḥaqqa
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Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Swahili: -jadili