Arabic

Verb

أَكَّدَ • ‎(ʾakkada) II, non-past يُؤَكِّدُ‎ (yuʾakkidu)

1. to assure (something إِلَى ‎(ʾilā) to somebody = assure somebody of something)
2. to confirm (a view, report, fact, etc.)
3. to corroborate (something)
4. to confirm, ratify (an agreement, engagement, etc.)
5. to emphasize, to stress (عَلَى ‎(ʿalā) something, أَنَّ ‎(ʾanna) that ...)
6. to bind firmly (a horse's or camel's saddle)

Usage notes

According to Lane, the more correct verb to use in place of this one is وَكَّدَ ‎(wakkada), with similar meanings.

Conjugation

Related terms

• وَكَّدَ ‎(wakkada, “to fasten, to assert, to confirm”)
• تَوَكَّدَ ‎(tawakkada, “to be confirmed, to ascertain”)
• تَأَكَّدَ ‎(taʾakkada, “to be become convinced, to ascertain”)

References

• “أكد” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• “وكد” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “أكد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 2

Verb

أَكَدْ • ‎(ʾakad) ‎(form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of كَادَ ‎(kāda)