Arabic vocabulary
How to say “returns/goes” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
وقال أبو إسحاق الرجع المطر لأنه يجيء ويرجع ويتكرر
Abu Ishaq said the return is rain because it comes and goes repeatedly.
وَيَرْجِعُ — and goes. This joins 'and' to a present-tense verb 'it goes/returns', its subject again carried inside the verb. The 'and' links it to the previous verb, building the chain of 'comes and goes and repeats' that defines the cyclical idea.
From: Oaths That Seal the Truth →ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى خَدِيجَةِ
Then he returns to Khadijah.
يَرْجِعُ — he returns. A present-tense verb carrying its own 'he' subject, kept present to express the repeated, habitual nature of his returning. So the act is read as a recurring part of his pattern rather than a one-time event.
From: The Night of Revelation and Consolation →وَيَرْجِعُ ذُبَابُ سَيْفِهِ فَأَصَابَ رُكْبَةَ عَامِرِ فَمَاتَ مِنْهُ،
The tip of his sword snapped back and struck Amir's knee, and he died from it.
وَيَرْجِعُ — and it snapped back. A connector 'and' joined to a present-tense verb used inside past narration for vividness, a storyteller's trick that makes the snapping feel live. The 'and' links this clause to the running action, and the present shape pulls the reader into the moment rather than reporting it as finished.
From: The Martyr's Reward →OpenArabic teaches words like يَرْجِعُ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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