return in Arabic: أرجع (ʾarjaʿa) – meaning, pronunciation, examples

Other meanings

عَادَ ʿāda — return · to come back, to go back

How to use it

The verb 'return' has two main Arabic equivalents. 'ʾarjaʿa' (أَرْجَعَ) means to give back or send something back. 'ʿāda' (عَادَ) means to come back or go back to a place or state.

Example sentences

أَرْجَعَ الكِتَابَ إِلَى المَكْتَبَةِ.

ʾarjaʿa al-kitāba ʾilā al-maktabati.

He returned the book to the library.
عَادَ الوَلَدُ إِلَى البَيْتِ مُتَأَخِّرًا.

ʿāda al-waladu ʾilā al-bayti mutaʾaḵḵiran.

The boy returned home late.
نُرِيدُ أَنْ نُرْجِعَ هَذَا القَمِيصَ.

nurīdu ʾan nurjiʿa hāḏā al-qamīṣa.

We want to return this shirt.

Examples from real texts

Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.

Return

النّاتج

The Return of \

عودة القيم الآسيوية

Today we return.

اليوم عدنا.

Return and relocation

خامسا - العودة وتغيير المواقع

Return cards to stock

انقل الأوراق إلى المخزون

The Return of Bachelet

عودة باشيليه

The welcome return to civility is not, therefore, a return to mutual trust.

وعلى هذا فإن العودة المحتفى بها للود بين الطرفين لا تشكل عودة إلى الثقة المتبادلة.

But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.

اما الارض التي يشتاقان الى الرجوع اليها فلا يرجعان اليها.

But to the land whereunto their soul longs to return, there shall they not return.

اما الارض التي يشتاقان الى الرجوع اليها فلا يرجعان اليها.

Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous.

ارجعوا. لا يكوننّ ظلم. ارجعوا ايضا. فيه حقي.

Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.

ارجعي ارجعي يا شولميث ارجعي ارجعي فننظر اليك ماذا ترون في شولميث مثل رقص صفين

Return, return, Shulammite! Return, return, that we may gaze at you. Lover Why do you desire to gaze at the Shulammite, as at the dance of Mahanaim?