A1verb
أَجَابَ
ajāba
to answer / to reply
Example
أجابَ الطالبُ عن السؤالِ
ajāba aṭ-ṭālibu ʿan as-suʾāli
The student answered the question
Grammar
Form IV verb (أَفْعَلَ). Past: ajāba, Present: yujību. Takes 'an (عن) for the thing answered.
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Arabic root
ج-و-ب
2 words from this root family
B2verb
اِسْتَجْوَبَ
istajwaba
to interrogate / to question
Example
اِستَجوَبَ البَرلَمانُ الوَزيرَ حَولَ الفَضيحَة.
istajwaba l-barlamānu l-wazīra ḥawla l-faḍīḥa.
The parliament interrogated the minister about the scandal.