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اِسْتَطَاعَ

to be able to

VerbForm XRoot ط-و-ع

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Present tense
يَسْتَطِيعُ
Verbal noun
اِسْتِطَاعَة
Active participle
مُسْتَطِيع
Passive participle
مُسْتَطَاع

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form IV
أَطَاعَ
to obey
Verb · Form V
تَطَوَّعَ
to do voluntarily
Adjective
مُطِيع
obedient
Noun
طَاعَة
obedience
Verb · Form I
طَاعَ
to obey
Verb · Form II
طَوَّعَ
to subjugate

اِسْتَطَاعَ in English

Verb · Form X

  1. to be able to, to be capable of, can transitive
    أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أُدَرِّسَ.I can teach.
  2. Used to make a request
    إِذْ قَالَ ٱلْحَوَارِيُّونَ يَا عِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ هَلْ يَسْتَطِيعُ رَبُّكَ أَن يُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا مَائِدَةً مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ ۖ قَالَ ٱتَّقُوا ٱللَّهَ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَWhen the disciples said, "Oh, Jesus, son of Mary, can your Lord send down for us a table (with food on it) from heaven?", he said, "Fear Allah, if you are believers"609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:112

Words from the root ط-و-ع

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

طَاعَ · present يَطُوعُ
Form I · The plain action

to obey

طَاعَة
Verbal noun
obedience
طَوْع
Verbal noun
obedience
طَوْع
Verbal noun · Adjective
obedient
طَائِع
Active participle
مَطُوع
Passive participle
طَوَّعَ · present يُطَوِّعُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to subjugate; to entice, to tempt, to make covet

تَطْوِيع
Verbal noun
مُطَوِّع
Active participle
مُطَوَّع
Passive participle
طَاوَعَ · present يُطَاوِعُ
Form III · Done to or with someone

to comply with, to yield to, to submit to, to obey; to consent (with (فِي) 'to')

مُطَاوَعَة
Verbal noun
مُطَاوِع
Active participle
مُطَاوَع
Passive participle
أَطَاعَ · present يُطِيعُ
Form IV · Causative

to obey; to submit, to yield, to accede

إِطَاعَة
Verbal noun
obedience
طَاعَة
Verbal noun
مُطِيع
Active participle · Adjective
obedient
مُطَاع
Passive participle
تَطَوَّعَ · present يَتَطَوَّعُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to do voluntarily, to volunteer for; to volunteer

تَطَوُّع
Verbal noun
مُتَطَوِّع
Active participle
مُتَطَوَّع
Passive participle
اِسْتَطَاعَ · present يَسْتَطِيعُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to be able to, to be capable of, can; Used to make a request

اِسْتِطَاعَة
Verbal noun
مُسْتَطِيع
Active participle
مُسْتَطَاع
Passive participle
أَطْوَع
Adjective
elative degree of طَوْع
طَيِّع
Adjective
submissive
مِطْوَاع
Adjective
obedient
السَّمْع وَالطَّاعَة
Noun
obedience and compliance

اِسْتَطَاعَ conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iاِسْتَطَعْتُأَسْتَطِيعُأَسْتَطِيعَأَسْتَطِعْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)اِسْتَطَعْتَتَسْتَطِيعُتَسْتَطِيعَتَسْتَطِعْاِسْتَطِعْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)اِسْتَطَعْتِتَسْتَطِيعِينَتَسْتَطِيعِيتَسْتَطِيعِياِسْتَطِيعِي
هُوَ heاِسْتَطَاعَيَسْتَطِيعُيَسْتَطِيعَيَسْتَطِعْ—
هِيَ sheاِسْتَطَاعَتْتَسْتَطِيعُتَسْتَطِيعَتَسْتَطِعْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoاِسْتَطَعْتُمَاتَسْتَطِيعَانِتَسْتَطِيعَاتَسْتَطِيعَااِسْتَطِيعَا
هُمَا they two (m.)اِسْتَطَاعَايَسْتَطِيعَانِيَسْتَطِيعَايَسْتَطِيعَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)اِسْتَطَاعَتَاتَسْتَطِيعَانِتَسْتَطِيعَاتَسْتَطِيعَا—
نَحْنُ weاِسْتَطَعْنَانَسْتَطِيعُنَسْتَطِيعَنَسْتَطِعْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)اِسْتَطَعْتُمْتَسْتَطِيعُونَتَسْتَطِيعُواتَسْتَطِيعُوااِسْتَطِيعُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)اِسْتَطَعْتُنَّتَسْتَطِعْنَتَسْتَطِعْنَتَسْتَطِعْنَاِسْتَطِعْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)اِسْتَطَاعُوايَسْتَطِيعُونَيَسْتَطِيعُوايَسْتَطِيعُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)اِسْتَطَعْنَيَسْتَطِعْنَيَسْتَطِعْنَيَسْتَطِعْنَ—
Verbal nounاِسْتِطَاعَة
Active participleمُسْتَطِيع
Passive participleمُسْتَطَاع

اِسْتَطَاعَ in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to be able to

أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أُدَرِّسَ.I can teach.

Used to make a request

إِذْ قَالَ ٱلْحَوَارِيُّونَ يَا عِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ هَلْ يَسْتَطِيعُ رَبُّكَ أَن يُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا مَائِدَةً مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ ۖ قَالَ ٱتَّقُوا ٱللَّهَ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَWhen the disciples said, "Oh, Jesus, son of Mary, can your Lord send down for us a table (with food on it) from heaven?", he said, "Fear Allah, if you are believers"609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:112

From a fully vowelled text

أَسْتَطِيعُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ فِي الْمَسِيحِ الَّذِي يُقَوِّينِي.I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.Philippians 4:13, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَقَالَ الَّذِينَ سَمِعُوا: «فَمَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَخْلُصَ؟»And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?Luke 18:26, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
سَيَّجَ عَلَيَّ فَلاَ أَسْتَطِيعُ الْخُرُوجَ. ثَقَّلَ سِلْسِلَتِي.He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.Lamentations 3:7, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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