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سَعَى

yasʿā

running

সে চেষ্টা করে

Root letters: س ع يAppears 20 times in the Qur'an#507 most frequentVerb (fiʿl)Verb form I
Learn it in lesson 51

About this word

Verb (fiʿl)Verb form IRoot letters: س ع ي

Tense forms — as used in the Qur'an

  • Past (māḍī)سَعَىٰ8 times
  • Present/Future (muḍāriʿ)يَسْعَىٰ11 times
  • Command (amr)فَٱسْعَوْا۟1 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • يَسْعَىٰrunningyasʿā · 6 times
  • سَعَىٰhe strivessaʿā · 3 times
  • تَسْعَىٰit strivestasʿā · 3 times
  • وَسَعَىٰand striveswasaʿā · 2 times
  • وَيَسْعَوْنَand strivewayasʿawna · 2 times
  • سَعَوْا۟strovesaʿaw · 1 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root س ع ي — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].

Surah 79:22 — Read full ayah

But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]

Surah 80:8 — Read full ayah

So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake, moving swiftly.

Surah 20:20 — Read full ayah