إجا

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North Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic جَاءَ (jāʔa).

Verb

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إجا (ʾija) I (non-past يجي (yiji), active participle جاي (jāy))

  1. to come
  2. to arrive

South Levantine Arabic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Arabic جَاءَ (jāʔa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔi.ʒa/, [ˈʔi.ʒa], [ˈʔi.d͡ʒa]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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إجا (ʔija) I (present بيجي (bīji), active participle جاي (jāy))

  1. to come
    Antonym: راح (rāḥ)
    فيه حدا جاي غيري؟fīh ḥada jāy ḡēriIs anyone coming aside from me?
    هو دايمًا بيجي عالوقت المناسب.
    huwwe dāyman bīji ʕal-waʔt li-mnāseb
    He always comes at the appropriate time.
    إجى الجيش بقوّة عيسكريّة كبيرة.
    ʔija l-jēš bi-ʔuwwa ʕaskariyye kbīre
    The army came with a lot of (lit. big) military power.
    إجت شويّة قهوة على قميصي.
    ʔijat šwayyet ʔahwe ʕala ʔamīṣti
    A little coffee got on (lit. came to) my shirt.
    تعال عندي (لعندي) نحكي شويّ عن الموضوع.
    taʕāl ʕindi (la-ʕindi) niḥki šwayy ʕan il-mōḍūʕ
    Come over to my place to talk a bit about the issue.
  2. (by extension) to arrive
    من أوّل ما إجيت وإنتي بتحطّي مكياج.
    min ʔawwal mā ʔijīt w ʔinti bitḥoṭṭi mikyāj
    You've been putting on makeup from the moment I arrived.
    (literally, “Since as soon as I arrived you're putting makeup.”)
  3. to come up to, to approach [with ل (la-) ‘to’]
    إجتلي وطلبت منّي أعملّها معروف.
    ʔijat-li w-ṭalbat minni ʔaʕmil-lha maʕrūf
    She came up to me and asked me to do her a favor.
  4. (by extension) to get, to receive (with recipient as direct object)
    إجاني كتير تلفونات من عيلتي اليوم.
    ʔijāni ktīr telefōnāt min ʕēlti l-yōm
    I got a lot of calls from my family today.
    إجتني فرصة أروح أدرس طبّ في بريطانيا.
    ʔijatni furṣa ʔarūḥ ʔadros ṭibb fi brīṭānya
    I got an opportunity to go study medicine in the UK.
  5. (by extension) to fit (in a space) [with في (fi) ‘into something’]
    Antonym: وسع (wasaʕ)
    ولا يمكن هالخزانة تيجي بالغرفة.
    wala yumken hāl-ḵazāne tīji bil-ḡorfe
    There's no way this wardrobe will fit in the room.
  6. (by extension) to fit (of clothes) [with على (ʕala)]
    للأسف البنطلون ما بيجي علي (على قدّي) منيح.
    lil-ʔasaf il-banṭalōn ma bīji ʕalay (ʕala ʔaddi) mnīḥ
    Unfortunately the pants don't fit me well.

Usage notes

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  • The imperative of this verb is irregular, derived from Arabic تَعَالَ (taʕāla, come here).

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of إجا (ʔija / ʔaja)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m جيت (jīt / ʔijīt / ʔajīt) جيت (jīt / ʔijīt / ʔajīt) إجا (ʔija / ʔaja) جينا (jīna / ʔijīna) جيتو (jītu / ʔijītu) إجو (ʔiju / ʔaju)
f جيتي (jīti / ʔijīti / ʔajīti) إجت (ʔijat / ʔajat)
present m باجي (bāji) بتيجي (btīji) بيجي (bīji) منيجي (mnīji) بتيجو (btīju) بيجو (bīju)
f بتيجي (btīji) بتيجي (btīji)
subjunctive m آجي (ʔāji) تيجي (tīji) ييجي (yīji) نيجي (nīji) تيجو (tīju) ييجو (yīju)
f تيجي (tīji) تيجي (tīji)
imperative m تعال (taʕāl) تعالو (taʕālu)
f تعالي (taʕāli)

Derived terms

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