رُجُوع
return
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Also written رجع: رَجَعَ (to send back)
Highlights
Present tense
يَرْجِعُ
Verbal noun
رُجُوع
Active participle
رَاجِع
Passive participle
مَرْجُوع
Most common words from the same root
رَجَعَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to return, to come back intransitive
لَنْ أَرْجِعَ مَعَهُ.I won’t go back with him.وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ غَضْبَانَ أَسِفًا قَالَ بِئْسَمَا خَلَفْتُمُونِي مِنْ بَعْدِيٓWhen Moses returned to his people, ˹totally˺ furious and sorrowful, he said, “What an evil thing you committed in my absence!609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:150
- to revert intransitive
- to resume intransitive
- to look up in a book intransitive
- to consult intransitive
- to derive, to stem intransitive
- to depend intransitive
- to belong (by right) intransitive
- to refrain, to desist intransitive
- to revoke, to countermand intransitive
- to withdraw intransitive
رَجَعَ عَنْ رَأْيِهِHe changed his mind.
- to turn against intransitive
- to reduce intransitive
- to claim intransitive
- to entail, to imply intransitive
- to do well, to be successful intransitive
- to repent intransitive
Words from the root ر-ج-ع
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
رَجَعَ
· present يَرْجِعُ
Form I · The plain action
to return, to come back; to revert; to resume
رَاجِع
returning
مَرْجُوع
رُجْعَى
return
رَجَعَ
· present يَرْجِعُ
Form I · The plain action
to send back, to return; to resurrect, to bring back to life
رَجْع
رَاجِع
مَرْجُوع
رَجَّعَ
· present يُرَجِّعُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to say إِنَّا لِلّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ (ʔinnā lillāhi waʔinnā ʔilayhi rājiʕūna); to send back
تَرْجِيع
giving back
مُرَجِّع
مُرَجَّع
رَاجَعَ
· present يُرَاجِعُ
Form III · Done to or with someone
to review, to reexamine
مُرَاجَعَة
مُرَاجِع
reviewer
مُرَاجَع
تَرَاجَعَ
· present يَتَرَاجَعُ
Form VI · Mutual action
to return to each other; to retreat, to fall back; to degrade, to degenerate, to deteriorate
تَرَاجُع
مُتَرَاجِع
retreating
مُتَرَاجَع
اِرْتَجَعَ
· present يَرْتَجِعُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to reclaim, get back
اِرْتِجَاع
returning back
مُرْتَجِع
مُرْتَجَع
اِسْتَرْجَعَ
· present يَسْتَرْجِعُ
Form X · Seeking or considering
to retrieve, to take back, to recover, to regain; to beseech, to exhort for return; to countermand, to bide to come back; whistle back, to summon back; to recall, to revoke, to rescind, to countermand
اِسْتِرْجَاع
retrieval
مُسْتَرْجِع
مُسْتَرْجَع
retrieved
إِرْجَاع
bringing back
رَجْعَة
return
مَرْجِع
recourse
رَجْعِيّ
reactionary
رَجْعِيَّة
backward
رَجِيع
made return
رَجِيع
dung
مَرْجِعِيَّة
reference
اِرْتِجَاعِيّ
retroactive
رَجَعَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | رَجَعْتُ | أَرْجِعُ | أَرْجِعَ | أَرْجِعْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | رَجَعْتَ | تَرْجِعُ | تَرْجِعَ | تَرْجِعْ | اِرْجِعْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | رَجَعْتِ | تَرْجِعِينَ | تَرْجِعِي | تَرْجِعِي | اِرْجِعِي |
| هُوَ he | رَجَعَ | يَرْجِعُ | يَرْجِعَ | يَرْجِعْ | — |
| هِيَ she | رَجَعَتْ | تَرْجِعُ | تَرْجِعَ | تَرْجِعْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | رَجَعْتُمَا | تَرْجِعَانِ | تَرْجِعَا | تَرْجِعَا | اِرْجِعَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | رَجَعَا | يَرْجِعَانِ | يَرْجِعَا | يَرْجِعَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | رَجَعَتَا | تَرْجِعَانِ | تَرْجِعَا | تَرْجِعَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | رَجَعْنَا | نَرْجِعُ | نَرْجِعَ | نَرْجِعْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | رَجَعْتُمْ | تَرْجِعُونَ | تَرْجِعُوا | تَرْجِعُوا | اِرْجِعُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | رَجَعْتُنَّ | تَرْجِعْنَ | تَرْجِعْنَ | تَرْجِعْنَ | اِرْجِعْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | رَجَعُوا | يَرْجِعُونَ | يَرْجِعُوا | يَرْجِعُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | رَجَعْنَ | يَرْجِعْنَ | يَرْجِعْنَ | يَرْجِعْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | رُجُوع |
|---|---|
| Active participle | رَاجِع |
| Passive participle | مَرْجُوع |
رَجَعَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to return
لَنْ أَرْجِعَ مَعَهُ.I won’t go back with him.
to return
وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ غَضْبَانَ أَسِفًا قَالَ بِئْسَمَا خَلَفْتُمُونِي مِنْ بَعْدِيٓWhen Moses returned to his people, ˹totally˺ furious and sorrowful, he said, “What an evil thing you committed in my absence!609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:150
to withdraw
رَجَعَ عَنْ رَأْيِهِHe changed his mind.
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