وجب

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Contents

  • 1 Arabic
    • 1.1 Etymology 1
      • 1.1.1 Pronunciation
      • 1.1.2 Verb
        • 1.1.2.1 Usage notes
        • 1.1.2.2 Conjugation
    • 1.2 Etymology 2
      • 1.2.1 Pronunciation
      • 1.2.2 Verb
        • 1.2.2.1 Conjugation
        • 1.2.2.2 References

Arabic

Etymology 1

Form I verb from the root و ج ب‎ (w-j-b).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.d͡ʒa.ba/

Verb

وَجَبَ • (wajaba) I, non-past يَجِبُ‎‎ (yajibu)

  1. (intransitive) to be necessary, have to be; must: followed by عَلَى‎ (ʿalā, “on”) or by أَنْ‎ (ʾan) and the subjunctive with a personal subject
    ‏كَمَا يَجِبُ‎

    kamā yajibu
    as it should be, as it must be
    ‏يَجِبُ أَن أَذْهَبَ‎ ― yajibu ʾan ʾaḏhaba ― It is necessary for me to go; I must go
  2. (intransitive) to be one’s duty; to be incumbent, imposed, enjoined: followed by عَلَى‎ (ʿalā, “on”)
    ‏وَجَبَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ …‎‎

    wajaba ʿalayhi ʾan …
    it is his duty to, he has to, he must
Usage notes

In the first sense, وَجَبَ (wajaba) is impersonal: it does not take a personal subject. The person for whom someone is necessary is given as the object of عَلَى‎ (ʿalā, “on”) or as the subject of the verb in the clause introduced by the subjunctive particle أَنْ‎ (ʾan).

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Causative Form II verb from the root و ج ب‎ (w-j-b); compare وَجَبَ‎ (wajaba, “to be necessary”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wad͡ʒ.d͡ʒa.ba/

Verb

وَجَّبَ • (wajjaba) II, non-past يُوَجِّبُ‎‎ (yuwajjibu)

  1. (transitive, construed with عَلَى‎ (ʿalā)) to impose (something) on
Conjugation
References
  • Mace, John (2007), “وجب”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN