اشتغل

Arabic

Root
ش غ ل (š-ḡ-l)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iʃ.ta.ɣa.la/

Verb

اِشْتَغَلَ • (ištaḡala) VIII, non-past يَشْتَغِلُ‎ (yaštaḡilu)

  1. to occupy oneself, to busy oneself
  2. to be occupied, to be busy
  3. to be engaged
  4. to attend, to devote oneself
  5. to work, to study
  6. to operate

Conjugation

Egyptian Arabic

Root
ش غ ل
1 term

Verb

اشتغل • (ištaḡal) VIII (non-past يشتغل (yištaḡal))

  1. (intransitive) to work (to do a specific task)

References

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ش غ ل
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic اِشْتَغَلَ (ištaḡala).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iʃ.ta.ɣal/, [ɪʃˈta.ɣal]
  • (file)

Verb

اشتغل • (ištaḡal) VIII (present بشتغل (bištḡel))

  1. to work (+ على)
    ما اشتغلت مبارح.
    ištaḡalt mbāreḥ
    I didn't work yesterday.
    شو بتشتغل؟
    šū btištḡel?
    What do you do for a living?
    (literally, “what do you work?”)
    لازم نبدا نشتغل عالمشروع الإنجليزي.
    lāzem nibda ništḡel ʕal-mašrūʕ il-ʔinglīzi
    We have to start working on the English project.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of اشتغل (ištaḡal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m اشتغلت (ištaḡalt) اشتغلت (ištaḡalt) اشتغل (ištaḡal) اشتغلنا (ištaḡalna) اشتغلتو (ištaḡaltu) اشتغلو (ištaḡalu)
f اشتغلتي (ištaḡalti) اشتغلت (ištaḡlat)
present m بشتغل (baštḡel) بتشتغل (btištḡel) بشتغل (bištḡel) منشتغل (mništḡel) بتشتغلو (btištiḡlu) بشتغلو (bištiḡlu)
f بتشتغلي (btištiḡli) بتشتغل (btištḡel)
subjunctive m اشتغل (aštḡel) تشتغل (tištḡel) يشتغل (yištḡel) نشتغل (ništḡel) تشتغلو (tištiḡlu) يشتغلو (yištiḡlu)
f تشتغلي (tištiḡli) تشتغل (tištḡel)
imperative m اشتغل (ištḡil) اشتغلو (ištiḡlu)
f اشتغلي (ištiḡli)
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