Arabic word sheet
جَاءَ
To come, to arrive
- Type
- verb
- Root
- ج ي ء
Meaning and usage
To come, to arrive
To go to where the speaker is, or to turn up somewhere. Said of a person, and also of a thing that reaches its destination.
جَاءَ الْمُعَلِّمُ إِلَى الْمَدْرَسَةِ.
The teacher came to the school.
To come about, to happen
Said of a moment, an event or a piece of news that comes about: the time comes, the thing takes place.
جَاءَ وَقْتُ الْغَدَاءِ.
Lunchtime came.
To bring
Followed by the preposition "with", it means to come having a person or thing with one: to bring.
جَاءَ سَامِي بِالْخُبْزِ.
Sami brought the bread.
To do, to commit
Followed directly by the name of a thing, it means to carry that thing out, to do it.
جَاءَ الطَّالِبُ عَمَلًا حَسَنًا.
The student did a good piece of work.
To turn out, to become
Said of a thing which, once made, proves to be a certain way: it "comes out" well or badly.
جَاءَ الْخُبْزُ لَذِيذًا.
The bread turned out delicious.
Word family
What the root means ج ي ء
The root carries the idea of coming, of arriving somewhere. From it come the coming itself, the manner of arriving, and bringing someone or something along.
coming, arrival
مَجِيءٌ
a coming
جَيْئَةٌ
way of arriving
جِيئَةٌ
to bring; to drive to
أَجَاءَ
Synonyms
to come
Same meaning, but in a more literary register; the headword is the commoner one in everyday language.
to be present, to attend
حَضَرَ
It stresses being there, present in a place, rather than the movement of getting there.
Opposites
to go away
ذَهَبَ