إجا

From Arabic جَاءَ‎ (jāʔa).

إجا • (ʾija) I (non-past يجي‎ (yiji), active participle جاي‎ (jāy))

1. to come
2. to arrive

• إجى‎ (ʔija) (alternative spelling)
• أجا‎ (ʔaja)

From Arabic جَاءَ‎ (jāʔa).

• IPA^(key): /ʔi.ʒa/, [ˈʔi.ʒa], [ˈʔi.d͡ʒa]

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إجا • (ʔija) I (present بيجي‎ (bīji), active participle جاي‎ (jāy))

1. to come

   Antonym: راح‎ (rāḥ)

   ‏فيه حدا جاي غيري؟‎‎

   fīh ḥada jāy ḡēri

   Is anyone coming aside from me?

   ‏هو دايمًا بيجي عالوقت المناسب.‎‎

   huwwe dāyman bīji ʕal-waʔt li-mnāseb

   He always comes at the appropriate time.

   ‏إجى الجيش بقوّة عيسكريّة كبيرة.‎‎

   ʔija l-jēš bi-ʔuwwa ʕaskariyye kbīre

   The army came with a lot of (lit. big) military power.

   ‏إجت شويّة قهوة على قميصي.‎‎

   ʔijat šwayyet ʔahwe ʕala ʔamīṣti

   A little coffee got on (lit. came to) my shirt.

   ‏تعال عندي (لعندي) نحكي شويّ عن الموضوع.‎‎

   taʕāl ʕindi (la-ʕindi) niḥki šwayy ʕan il-mōḍūʕ

   Come over to my place to talk a bit about the issue.

2. (by extension) to arrive

   ‏من أوّل ما إجيت وإنتي بتحطّي مكياج.‎‎

   min ʔawwal mā ʔijīt w ʔinti bitḥoṭṭi mikyāj

   You've been putting on makeup from the moment I arrived.

   (literally, “Since as soon as I arrived you're putting makeup.”)

3. (+ ل‎) to come up to, to approach

   ‏إجتلي وطلبت منّي أعملّها معروف.‎‎

   ʔijat-li w-ṭalbat minni ʔaʕmil-lha maʕrūf

   She came up to me and asked me to do her a favor.

4. (by extension) to get, to receive (with recipient as direct object)

   ‏إجاني كتير تلفونات من عيلتي اليوم.‎‎

   ʔijāni ktīr telefōnāt min ʕēlti l-yōm

   I got a lot of calls from my family today.

   ‏إجتني فرصة أروح أدرس طبّ في بريطانيا.‎‎

   ʔijatni furṣa ʔarūḥ ʔadros ṭibb fi brīṭānya

   I got an opportunity to go study medicine in the UK.

5. (by extension) (+ في‎) to fit (in a space)

   Antonym: وسع‎ (wasaʕ)

   ‏ولا يمكن هالخزانة تيجي بالغرفة.‎‎

   wala yumken hāl-ḵazāne tīji bil-ḡorfe

   There's no way this wardrobe will fit in the room.

6. (by extension) (+ على‎) to fit (of clothes)

   ‏للأسف البنطلون ما بيجي علي (على قدّي) منيح.‎‎

   lil-ʔasaf il-banṭalōn ma bīji ʕalay (ʕala ʔaddi) mnīḥ

   Unfortunately the pants don't fit me well.

• The imperative of this verb is irregular, derived from Arabic تَعَالَ‎ (taʕāla, “come here”).

• إجا عالوجع‎ (ʔija ʕal-wajʕ, “to come right on time”)
• جاعبال‎ (jāʕbāl, “to feel like (doing something)”)
• إجا يكحّلها عماها‎ (ʔija ykaḥḥelha ʕamāha, “to make matters worse”)