أكد

أَكَّدَ • (ʔakkada) II, non-past يُؤَكِّدُ‎ (yuʔakkidu)

1. to assure someone of (إِلَى (ʔilā) something)
2. to confirm, to corroborate (a view, report, fact, etc.)
3. to confirm, ratify (an agreement, engagement, etc.)
4. to say (with certainty), to state as true, to assert
5. to affirm, to maintain (a belief, idea, etc.)
6. to emphasize, to stress (عَلَى (ʕalā) something, أَنَّ (ʔanna) that ...)
7. to bind firmly (a horse's or camel's saddle)

According to Lane, the more correct verb to use in place of this one is وَكَّدَ (wakkada), with similar meanings.

• وَكَّدَ (wakkada, “to fasten, to assert, to confirm”)
• تَوَكَّدَ (tawakkada, “to be confirmed, to ascertain”)
• تَأَكَّدَ (taʔakkada, “to be become convinced, to ascertain”)

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “أكد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “وكد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “أكد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

أَكَدْ • (ʔakad) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of كَادَ (kāda)

From Arabic أَكَّدَ (ʔakkada).

• IPA^(key): /ʔak.kad/, [ˈʔak.kad]

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أكّد • (ʔakkad) II (present بأكّد (biʔakked))

1. (transitive) to confirm, to ensure

   لسّا ما أكّدو الأخبار.

   lissa ma ʔakkadu l-ʔaḵbār.

   They haven't confirmed the news yet.

   لازم نأكّد ولادنا إنّه ما يحطّو تمّهم على أي إشي بمكان عامّ.

   lāzem nʔakked ūlādna ʔinno mā yḥoṭṭu timmhom ʕala ʔayy ʔiši bi-makān ʕamm.

   We must ensure that our children not put their mouth on anything in a public place.