أصغى

See also: أصغي and اصغي

Arabic

إِصْغَاء

Etymology

Root
ص غ و (ṣ-ḡ-w)

Compare صَغَا (ṣaḡā, to incline, to lean) (sense below of listen was originally incline an ear towards).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔasˤ.ɣaː/
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Verb

أَصْغَى • (ʔaṣḡā) IV, non-past يُصْغِي‎ (yuṣḡī)

  1. to listen closely to, to lend an ear to, to pay attention to, to hark, to hearken, to listen, to attend
    أَصْغِ إِلَيَّ
    ʔaṣḡi ʔilayya
    listen to me
  2. to incline, lean, bend towards (obsolete)

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