Dictionary › جَعَلَ
Highlights
Present tense
يَجْعَلُ
Verbal noun
جَعْل
Active participle
جَاعِل
Passive participle
مَجْعُول
جَعَلَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to make: to create transitive
أَجْعَلُ عَدَاوَةً بَيْنَكِ وَبَيْنَ الْمَرْأَةِI will put enmity between thee and the woman.
- to put, to place, to lay transitive
- to affect, to bring about, to make, to cause ditransitive
الْفَقْرُ وَعَدَمُ وُجُودِ ثِيَابٍ جَدِيدَةٍ يَجْعَلَانِ الْمَرْءَ بَائِسًا جِدًّا.Poverty and the lack of new clothes make one very miserable.Louisa Alcott, Little Women, Chapter 1, Arabic translation "Dar wa Maktabat al-Hilal, Lebanon"
- to fix, to set
- to begin to (followed by a non-past verb)
جَعَلْتُ أَبْكِي.I began to cry
جَعَلَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | جَعَلْتُ | أَجْعَلُ | أَجْعَلَ | أَجْعَلْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | جَعَلْتَ | تَجْعَلُ | تَجْعَلَ | تَجْعَلْ | اِجْعَلْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | جَعَلْتِ | تَجْعَلِينَ | تَجْعَلِي | تَجْعَلِي | اِجْعَلِي |
| هُوَ he | جَعَلَ | يَجْعَلُ | يَجْعَلَ | يَجْعَلْ | — |
| هِيَ she | جَعَلَتْ | تَجْعَلُ | تَجْعَلَ | تَجْعَلْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | جَعَلْتُمَا | تَجْعَلَانِ | تَجْعَلَا | تَجْعَلَا | اِجْعَلَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | جَعَلَا | يَجْعَلَانِ | يَجْعَلَا | يَجْعَلَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | جَعَلَتَا | تَجْعَلَانِ | تَجْعَلَا | تَجْعَلَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | جَعَلْنَا | نَجْعَلُ | نَجْعَلَ | نَجْعَلْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | جَعَلْتُمْ | تَجْعَلُونَ | تَجْعَلُوا | تَجْعَلُوا | اِجْعَلُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | جَعَلْتُنَّ | تَجْعَلْنَ | تَجْعَلْنَ | تَجْعَلْنَ | اِجْعَلْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | جَعَلُوا | يَجْعَلُونَ | يَجْعَلُوا | يَجْعَلُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | جَعَلْنَ | يَجْعَلْنَ | يَجْعَلْنَ | يَجْعَلْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | جَعْل |
|---|---|
| Active participle | جَاعِل |
| Passive participle | مَجْعُول |
جَعَلَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to make: to create
أَجْعَلُ عَدَاوَةً بَيْنَكِ وَبَيْنَ الْمَرْأَةِI will put enmity between thee and the woman.
to affect
الْفَقْرُ وَعَدَمُ وُجُودِ ثِيَابٍ جَدِيدَةٍ يَجْعَلَانِ الْمَرْءَ بَائِسًا جِدًّا.Poverty and the lack of new clothes make one very miserable.Louisa Alcott, Little Women, Chapter 1, Arabic translation "Dar wa Maktabat al-Hilal, Lebanon"
to begin to
جَعَلْتُ أَبْكِي.I began to cry
From a fully vowelled text
وَجَعَلَ لِسِمْعَانَ اسْمَ بُطْرُسَ.And Simon he surnamed Peter;Mark 3:16, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
يَجْعَلُ فِي التُّرَابِ فَمَهُ لَعَلَّهُ يُوجَدُ رَجَاءٌ.He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.Lamentations 3:29, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَأَنَا أَجْعَلُ لَكُمْ كَمَا جَعَلَ لِي أَبِي مَلَكُوتًا،And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;Luke 22:29, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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