avail

mora

See also to_no_avail

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• IPA ^(key): /əˈveɪl/

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Verb

Plain form (yanzu) avail

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) avails

Past tense (ya wuce) availed

Past participle (ya wuce) availed

Present participle (ana cikin yi) availing

1. (transitive) (often reflexive) To turn to the advantage of. <> yi naasarar samun amfani. mora [2]

   I availed myself of the opportunity.

2. (transitive) To be of service to. <> yi amfani ga wani.

   Artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.

   How could I take besides Him other gods whose intercession would not be of any benefit to me, nor could they save me if the Most Compassionate intended to harm me?
   Should I take other than Him [false] deities [while], if the Most Merciful intends for me some adversity, their intercession will not avail me at all, nor can they save me?
   Yanzu na riƙi wasu iyayen giji ba Shi ba, alhali kuwa idan (Allah) Mai rahama Ya nufe ni da wata cuta, cetonsu ba zai amfana min komai ba, kuma ba za su iya tsamo ni ba? --Qur'an 36:23