substitute

musanya, ɗan/'yar canji, madadi

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• Hyphenation: sub‧sti‧tute

Noun

Singular substitute

Plural substitutes

1. (countable) A substitute is a person on standby for a sport team or school teacher. <> musanyar, ɗan/'yar canji. madadi, maimako [1].

   Although he was only a substitute for the team, but he played very well during yesterday's match.

Related words

• replacement

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) substitute

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) substitutes

Past tense (ya wuce) substituted

Past participle (ya wuce) substituted

Present participle (ana cikin yi) substituting

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you substitute x for y, you don't use y and use x instead. <> yin musanya ko canji.
   1. You may substitute fresh lime juice for lemon juice.
   2. So we intended that their lord should substitute for them one better than him in purity and nearer to mercy. <> "sai muka yi nufin ubangijinsu ya musanya musu mafi alheri daga gare shi ga tsarkakuwa, kuma mafi kusantar tausayi." = [ 18:81 ] "sai muka yi nufin cewa ubangijinsu, ya musanya masu wani da mafi alheri da shi; wanda ya fi kirki da tausayi. --Qur'an 18:81

Related words

• change
• substitution
• replacement