How to say "to find" in Arabic
New wordMeaningto find
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
وَجَدَ
wajadaוג'ד
وجد
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מצא
matsaمَاتْسَا
How the two words are related
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Arabic root
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
لَقَى
laqāלקאEveryday Levantine usually says laqā ('came across, found') rather than the more formal wajada.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
لَقَى
laʾaלאאCairo: laʾa, the qāf a glottal stop; laʾēt — 'I found'.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
لْقَى
lqaלקאDarija: lqa; lqīt — 'I found'; mā lqītsh — 'I couldn't find'.
In a phrase
وَجَدَ الْمِفْتَاح تَحْتَ الْبَاب
wajada al-miftāḥ taḥt al-bābוג'ד אל-מפתאח תחת אל-באבHe found the key under the door