استعجل

See also: أستعجل

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ج ل (ʿ-j-l); compare عَجِلَ (ʿajila, to hurry).

Verb

اِسْتَعْجَلَ (istaʿjala) X, non-past يَسْتَعْجِلُ‎ (yastaʿjilu)

  1. (intransitive) to rush, hurry, to be overhasty
  2. (transitive) to hurry, to speed up, to urge
  3. to want, ask or require (someone, something) to hurry or speed up
  4. to anticipate, to get in advance
  5. to keep a calf

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Synonyms

References

  • Lane, Edward William (1863), عجل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), عجل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), عجل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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