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settle in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- yastaqirru
- Arabizi
yastaqr- Type
- verb
- Root
- ق ر ر
How to use it
"Settle" is used when someone or something becomes stable in a place, a situation, or a dispute. It is a verb and takes a subject that does the settling. In MSA the common verb is يَسْتَقِرُّ (to become settled).
Example sentences
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سَكَنَتِ العائِلَةُ فِي البَلَدِ الجَدِيدِ وَيَسْتَقِرُّونَ هُنَاكَ.
sakhanat al-ʿāʾila fī al-baladi al-jadīd wa yastaqirruna hunāka.
The family moved to the new country and settled there.
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يُرِيدُ أَن يَسْتَقِرَّ فِي مَكَانٍ هادِئٍ بَعْدَ السَّفَرِ.
yurīdu an yastaqirra fī makānin hādiʾin baʿda al-safar.
He wants to settle in a quiet place after traveling.
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تَحْتَاجُ الشَّرِكَةُ إِلَى أَنْ يَسْتَقِرَّ أَحْوَالُهَا المَالِيَّةُ.
taḥtāju al-sharikatu ilā an yastaqirra aḥwāluha al-māliyya.
The company needs its finances to settle.
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.
Fighting won't settle anything.
لن يحل الشجار شيئاً.
Sami was trying to settle down.
قرّر سامي أن يستقرّ في حياته.
Markets will adjust and settle down.
وسوف تتكيف الأسواق وتستقر.
We cannot afford to settle for less.
ولا يمكننا أن نقبل بأقل من ذلك.
We are now able to settle many disputes.
"نحن الآن قادرون على تسوية العديد من النزاعات.
Fadil was ready to settle down with Layla.
كان فاضل مستعدّا أن يستقرّ مع ليلى.
They are planning to settle in New Zealand.
هم يخططون أن يستقروا في نيوزلندا.
and make others settle after them in their land?
« ثم نتبعهم الآخرين » ممن كذبوا ككفار مكة فنهلكهم.
China will likely have to settle for lower growth.
ومن المرجح في النهاية أن ترضى الصين بمستويات نمو أقل.
Yeah, right. I’ll settle for the $500,000 model any time.
نعم, بالطبع, الحقيقة أنني سأكون فرحة بيخت سعره 500 ألف دولار في أي وقت.
Jinn and mankind, We shall certainly settle your accounts.
« سنفرغ لكم » سنقصد لحسابكم « أيها الثقلان » الإنس والجن.
We will settle this elsewhere and under different conditions.
سوف نحل الموضوع في مكان مختلف وتحت ظروف مختلفة"
Questions and answers
Can "settle" be used for financial matters?
Yes, you can say the accounts have settled: "تَسَوَّقَتِ الحِسابات" or "اِسْتَقَرَّتِ الحِسابات".
Is there a noun form?
The noun is "استقرار" (istiqrār), meaning stability or settlement.
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