Arabic for must

wajaba

ﻭَﺟَﺐَ

must – past tense he

yajibu

ﻳَﺠِﺐُ

must – present tense he

The Arabic verb for must is written ﻭَﺟَﺐَ and pronunced wajaba in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﺠِﺐُ and pronounced yajibu. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word must

I have to run¹

yajibu 'an 'adhhaba bisur3atin

ﻳَﺠِﺐُ ﺃَﻥ ﺃَﺫﻫَﺐَ ﺑِﺴُﺮﻋَﺔٍ

I mustn't put too much strain on my heart¹

laa yajibu 'an 'ajhada qalbii

ﻟَﺎ ﻳَﺠِﺐُ ﺃَﻥ ﺃَﺟﻬَﺪَ ﻗَﻠﺒِﻲ

We must use our minds.

yajibu 'an nasta3mila 3uquulanaa

ﻳَﺠِﺐُ ﺃَﻥ ﻧَﺴﺘَﻌﻤِﻞَ ﻋُﻘُﻮﻟَﻨَﺎ

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Important letters: ﻭ ﺝ ﺏ

The root of the word must consists of three Arabic letters: waw that is written ﻭ and pronounced w, jim that is written ﺝ and pronounced j and beh that is written ﺏ and pronounced b. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to must

The word must letter by letter

ﻭَﺟَﺐَ

ﻭ

ﺟـ

ـﺐ

ﻭ

ﺟـ

ـﺐ

ﻭ

ـﻮ

ﺝ

ﺟـ

ـﺠـ

ـﺞ

ﺏ

ﺑـ

ـﺒـ

ـﺐ

waw

jim

beh

The Arabic word for must consists of: The letter waw that is written ﻭ and pronounced w and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter jim that is written ﺝ ( here ﺟـ ) and pronounced j and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter beh that is written ﺏ ( here ـﺐ ) and pronounced b and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. Therefore, the word is writen ﻭَﺟَﺐَ and pronounced wajaba.

Arabic is written from right to left. Short vowels are placed above or under the letters, the are usually omitted.
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The pattern for must

fa3ala becomes wajaba

We have seen that the Arabic word for must is written ﻭَﺟَﺐَ and pronounced wajaba. It follows the pattern verb form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3ala and the root letters are w, j and b, the word becomes wajaba.
All Arabic words with the same pattern follow the same structure. If you know the pattern and root of a word, you can often guess its meaning. Learn more about Arabic word patterns