Arabic vocabulary
How to say “call” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
اعْلَمْ أَنَّ مُطْلَقَ الْهَوَى يَدْعُو إِلَى اللَّذَّةِ الْحَاضِرَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ فِكْرٍ فِي عَاقِبَةٍ
Know that unchecked desire calls towards immediate pleasure without considering the consequences.
يَدْعُو — it calls. Present-tense verb with the doer ('it') built into its form — no separate pronoun is needed. The long vowel at the end is part of this verb's pattern, not a possessive or case ending.
From: The Discipline of Foresight →حتى يدعوه إلى النظر فيما خلق منه ليستقبح منه صحة إمكان رد الماء
So that He might invite him to reflect on what he was created from, deeming the possibility of water's return improbable.
يَدْعُوَهُ — He might invite him. This present-tense verb carries its 'he' subject and an attached object pronoun, and its ending is in the subjunctive form because of the 'until/so that' particle before it. The altered ending is how a reader knows the calling is the intended aim, not something already happening.
From: Ten Proofs of Resurrection →فَذَاكَ إِذْ يَدْعُوْهُمْ الرَّسُولُ فِي أُخْرَاهُمْ،
And that was when the Messenger called to them from behind.
يَدْعُوهُمُ — he calls them. A present-shape verb with a '-hum' tail attaching 'them' as the called, used as a vivid storytelling present inside the past frame. Arabic reaches for the unfinished form to make the calling feel live and ongoing, 'was calling them'.
From: A Companion at Battle →وَيَدْعُوهُمْ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنَ الْمَوَاعِظِ إِلَى الْعَمَلِ أَحْيَانًا،
And the admonitions mentioned earlier sometimes urge them to act.
وَيَدْعُوهُمْ — and urge them. This single word stacks the linking 'and', a present-tense verb, and an attached 'them' object. The 'and' chains the clause; the suffix is the people urged; the verb's doer is named later in the sentence.
From: Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness →OpenArabic teaches words like يَدْعُو through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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