جعل

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Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ج ع ل (j-ʕ-l).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to make: to create
  2. (transitive) to put, to place, to lay
  3. (ditransitive) to affect, to bring about, to make, to cause
    الْفَقْرُ وَعَدَمُ وُجُودِ ثِيَابٍ جَدِيدَةٍ يَجْعَلَانِ الْمَرْءَ بَائِسًا جِدًّا.
    al-faqru waʕadamu wujūdi ṯiyābin jadīdatin yajʕalāni al-marʔa bāʔisan jiddan.
    Poverty and the lack of new clothes make one very miserable.
  4. to fix, to set
  5. to begin to (followed by a non-past verb)
    جَعَلْتُ أَبْكِي.jaʕaltu ʔabkī.I began to cry
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Maltese: ġiegħel

Etymology 2

Noun

جَعْل (jaʕlm

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