Arabic word sheet
رَجَا
To hope for, to expect
- Type
- verb
- Root
- ر ج و
Meaning and usage
To hope for, to expect
To look forward with confidence to something good that one thinks possible: a success, some help, a return.
رَجَا سَامِي النَّجَاحَ فِي الِامْتِحَانِ
Sami hoped to pass the exam.
To ask politely modern usage
In today's usage, to ask someone for something politely or earnestly.
رَجَتْ لَيْلَى جَارَهَا أَنْ يُسَاعِدَهَا
Layla asked her neighbour to kindly help her.
Word family
What the root means ر ج و
The root carries the idea of hope, the opposite of despair: looking forward to something good that one believes possible. From it come "hope", other verbs for "to hope" and "thing hoped for".
hope
رَجَاءٌ
to hope for
اِرْتَجَى
to hope for; to plead
تَرَجَّى
thing hoped for, expectation
رَجِيَّةٌ
Synonyms
to hope
أَمَلَ
It is used rather of a distant or uncertain wish, whereas the headword looks forward to something that seems within reach.
to expect, to anticipate
تَوَقَّعَ
It is neutral: one expects good and bad alike, without wishing for anything.
Opposites
to despair
يَئِسَ