lend

Pronunciation

• enPR: lĕnd
• IPA: /lɛnd/
• SAMPA: /lEnd/

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Verb

Plain form (yanzu) lend

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) lends

Past tense (ya wuce) lent

Past participle (ya wuce) lent

Present participle (ana cikin yi) lending

1. (transitive) When you lend something to another person, you let them use it, after which they must return it to you. <> bada aro, ara wa wani abu ga wani, ari. Bada rance.
   • Antonym: borrow
   1. Also, if you lend without interest to those from whom you hope to receive, of what credit is it to you? <> Idan kuwa kuna bada rance ga waɗanda ku ke sa zuciya za ku samu a garesu, wane abin godiya ke gareku? [1]
   2. Lend me an attentive ear <> Ku ba ni (aro) hankalinku --Last_Sermon
2. (transitive) If you lend a hand, you help. <> bada taimako, miƙa hannu don taimakawa.

   We're moving house next week and we were hoping you could lend us a hand.