زَعَمَ (zaʿama)to claim

Conjugation, meanings and vowelled example sentences for the Arabic verb زَعَمَ (zaʿama) — “to claim”, drawn from the reader’s verified vocabulary bank. Every form carries full harakat.

Conjugation (1): زَعَمَ يَزْعُمُ

Past · الماضيPresent · المضارعImperative · الأمرVerbal noun · المصدر
زَعَمَ zaʿamaيَزْعُمُ yazʿumuاُزْعُمْ auzʿumزَعْم zaʿm

Conjugation (2): زَعَمَ يَزْعَمُ

Past · الماضيPresent · المضارعImperative · الأمرVerbal noun · المصدر
زَعَمَ zaʿamaيَزْعَمُ yazʿamuاِزْعَمْ aizʿamزَعْم zaʿm

Meanings & examples

  1. 1. to claim

    • زَعَمَ الرَّجُلُ أَنَّهُ رَأَى سَارِقًا.The man claimed that he saw a thief.
    • زَعَمَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ أَنَّ مُنْتَجَهَا هُوَ الأَفْضَلُ فِي السُّوقِ.The company claimed that its product is the best in the market.
    • لَمْ يُصَدِّقْ أَحَدٌ مَا زَعَمَهُ الطِّفْلُ عَنِ الوُجُودِ الغَرِيبِ فِي غُرْفَتِهِ.Nobody believed what the child claimed about the strange presence in his room.
  2. 2. to claim, to allege

    • زَعَمَ الرَّجُلُ الْخَبَرَ.The man claimed the news.
    • زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ رَأَى الْهِلَالَ.He claimed that he saw the crescent moon.
    • زَعَمَ الْكَثِيرُونَ أَنَّهُمْ شَاهَدُوا الظَّاهِرَةَ.Many claimed that they witnessed the phenomenon.
  3. 3. to think/suppose

    • يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ الْأَرْضَ مُسَطَّحَةٌ.They suppose that the Earth is flat.
    • لَا تَزْعُمْ أَنَّكَ تَعْرِفُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ.Do not suppose that you know everything.

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