pressure
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Also written ضغط: ضَغْط (pressure)
Highlights
Most common words from the same root
ضَغَطَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to press, to apply pressure to intransitive
- to activate (a button or key) intransitive, transitive
- to compress, to compact, to squeeze transitive
- to make concise, to condense or abridge (e.g. one's speech) figurative, transitive
ضَغَطَ الْكَلَامَto shorten one's words
- to force, to pressure (someone to do something) intransitive
- to oppress, to pressure, to bear down intransitive
Word origin
First attested in 660.
Words from the root ض-غ-ط
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ضَغَطَ
· present يَضْغَطُ
Form I · The plain action
to press, to apply pressure to; to compress, to compact, to squeeze; to make concise, to condense or abridge (e.g. one's speech)
ضَاغِط
مَضْغُوط
pressed
ضَغَطَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | ضَغَطْتُ | أَضْغَطُ | أَضْغَطَ | أَضْغَطْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | ضَغَطْتَ | تَضْغَطُ | تَضْغَطَ | تَضْغَطْ | اِضْغَطْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | ضَغَطْتِ | تَضْغَطِينَ | تَضْغَطِي | تَضْغَطِي | اِضْغَطِي |
| هُوَ he | ضَغَطَ | يَضْغَطُ | يَضْغَطَ | يَضْغَطْ | — |
| هِيَ she | ضَغَطَتْ | تَضْغَطُ | تَضْغَطَ | تَضْغَطْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | ضَغَطْتُمَا | تَضْغَطَانِ | تَضْغَطَا | تَضْغَطَا | اِضْغَطَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | ضَغَطَا | يَضْغَطَانِ | يَضْغَطَا | يَضْغَطَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | ضَغَطَتَا | تَضْغَطَانِ | تَضْغَطَا | تَضْغَطَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | ضَغَطْنَا | نَضْغَطُ | نَضْغَطَ | نَضْغَطْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | ضَغَطْتُمْ | تَضْغَطُونَ | تَضْغَطُوا | تَضْغَطُوا | اِضْغَطُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | ضَغَطْتُنَّ | تَضْغَطْنَ | تَضْغَطْنَ | تَضْغَطْنَ | اِضْغَطْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | ضَغَطُوا | يَضْغَطُونَ | يَضْغَطُوا | يَضْغَطُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | ضَغَطْنَ | يَضْغَطْنَ | يَضْغَطْنَ | يَضْغَطْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | ضَغْط |
|---|---|
| Active participle | ضَاغِط |
| Passive participle | مَضْغُوط |
ضَغَطَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to make concise
ضَغَطَ الْكَلَامَto shorten one's words
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