Arabic

Verb

تَأَكَّدَ • ‎(taʾakkada) V, non-past يَتَأَكَّدُ‎ (yataʾakkadu)

1. to be or become convinced or certain (مِن ‎(min) of something)
2. to ascertain (مِن ‎(min) something)
3. to be confirmed, to prove to be true
4. (of a need) to be undeniable, to be urgent
5. to be strengthened, to be fortified

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

Related terms

• وَكَّدَ ‎(wakkada, “to fasten, to assert, to confirm”)
• تَوَكَّدَ ‎(tawakkada, “to be confirmed, to ascertain”)
• أَكَّدَ ‎(ʾakkada, “to assure, to confirm”)

References

• “تأكد” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• “توكد” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “تأكد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “تأكد”, 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

Noun

تَأَكُّد • ‎(taʾakkud) m

1. verbal noun of تَأَكَّدَ ‎(taʾakkada) (form V)

Declension