How do you say "aligns" in Arabic?

وَافَقَ (wāfaqa) — it describes one thing agreeing, conforming, or coinciding with another.

What is the difference between وَافَقَ and اِتَّفَقَ؟

Wāfaqa (form III) is 'he agreed/conformed with' a specific person or thing; ittafaqa (form VIII) means 'it happened, chanced' or 'they agreed together' on a matter.

وَافَقَ aligns in Arabic

وَافَقَ is how you say “aligns” in Arabic.

Root و ف ق w-f-q. verb (form III). wāfaqa.

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Meaning of aligns in Arabic

to agree, accord, be of one mind with (someone), on a matter used of two parties reaching the same opinion
to coincide with, suit, match, tally with used of things corresponding to one another
to encounter, meet with syn. with ṣādafahu

Example sentence

فَوَافَقْتُهُ حِينَ اِسْتَيْقَظَ،

So I came upon him when he woke up,

فَوَافَقْتُهُ so I met him

A dense chunk: the 'fa-' (so/then) advances the story, fused onto a past verb whose '-tu' means 'I' and whose '-hu' means 'him' as object, giving 'so I met him'. One word holds the connector, the doer and the person met. The verb is built on a stem-pattern of meeting or coinciding with someone.

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How it is used

Wāfaqa most often takes a direct object or 'ʿalā' + a matter, describing one person or thing agreeing, conforming, or coinciding with another — whether two people sharing an opinion, or a punishment corresponding to an offense. It sits alongside waffaqa (God directing someone rightly) and ittafaqa (something merely happening, or two parties agreeing) as the root's cluster of 'agreement/fittingness' senses.

Words from the same root

وَفِقَ to be right, agreeable with what was wished (form I)
وَفَّقَ to accommodate, dispose, or direct rightly; to reconcile two things (form II)
أَوْفَقَ to find one's affair agreeable with one's wish (form IV)
اِتَّفَقَ to happen, chance; to agree together on a matter (form VIII)
تَوْفِيقٌ a legal document; a pleading
إِتِّفَاقِىٌّ casual, accidental

Common questions

How do you say "aligns" in Arabic?: وَافَقَ (wāfaqa) — it describes one thing agreeing, conforming, or coinciding with another.
What is the difference between وَافَقَ and اِتَّفَقَ؟: Wāfaqa (form III) is 'he agreed/conformed with' a specific person or thing; ittafaqa (form VIII) means 'it happened, chanced' or 'they agreed together' on a matter.

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Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).