أَجْوَف
root: ج-و-ف / adjective / definition: hollow
Two weeks ago, in one of our Academic Arabic posts, we looked at the form I, hollow verb قامَ which—when followed by بِـ—means “to carry out or undertake”.
But قام holds many meanings. And its meaning in any given place is dictated by the semantic and syntactic context. (Keeping an eye out for the following preposition is key!)
Shall we explore?
قامَ / يَقومُ / القِيام
to stand (up), rise
to depart or take off
to happen, take place
to exist, be situated
to begin to (+ present tense verb)
to rise up against, to revolt against (على)
to be based or founded on (على)
to be in charge of, to manage or run (على)
to rise in honour of someone (لِـ)
to carry out, undertake, perform (بِـ)
to consist in (بِـ)
to concern oneself with (بِـ)
to stand up for (بِـ)
to endorse (بِـ)
to cost or be worth (بِـ)
And in the dictionary, we find so many collocations under this verb, like: قامَت الحَرب على ساق (war broke out) and قامَت قِيامَتُهُ مِن/لِـ (to be violently agitated by something). Check them out.
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