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أَثار
to stir up /ʔaˈθaːra/
verbA2#1323 most common
Also: to provoke, to arouse, to raise (a question or issue)
Example sentences
أَثارَ الوَلَدُ الغُبارَ.
The boy stirred up the dust.
أَثارَ الفِيلْمُ اهْتِمامي كَثيراً.
The film aroused my interest a lot.
أَثارَتْ كَلِماتُهُ غَضَبَ المُديرِ.
His words provoked the manager's anger.
يُثيرُ هذا المَوضوعُ الكَثيرَ مِنَ الجَدَلِ بَينَ الخُبَراءِ.
This topic stirs up a lot of controversy among the experts.
أَثارَ الخَطيبُ مَشاعِرَ الجُمهورِ بِخِطابِهِ الحَماسيِّ.
The speaker stirred the crowd's emotions with his passionate speech.
لَمْ يَكُنْ قَصْدُهُ سِوى أَنْ يُثيرَ الشُّكوكَ حَولَ نَزاهَةِ خَصْمِهِ دونَ أَنْ يُقَدِّمَ دَليلاً واحِداً.
His only intent was to raise doubts about his opponent's integrity without offering a single piece of evidence.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُثيرُ | أَثَرْتُ | سَأُثيرُ |
| 2sg | تُثيرُ | أَثَرْتَ | سَتُثيرُ |
| 3sg | يُثيرُ | أَثارَ | سَيُثيرُ |
| 1pl | نُثيرُ | أَثَرْنا | سَنُثيرُ |
| 2pl | تُثيرونَ | أَثَرْتُمْ | سَتُثيرونَ |
| 3pl | يُثيرونَ | أَثاروا | سَيُثيرونَ |
Word family
ثَوْرة (thawra)revolution, uprising
مُثير (muthīr)exciting, provocative
إِثارة (ʾithāra)excitement, provocation, suspense
ثائِر (thāʾir)rebel; raging, furious
ثَوَران (thawarān)eruption, agitation
Etymology
أَثار is the Form IV (causative) verb built on the Semitic root ث-و-ر, which carries the sense of stirring, rising, and agitation. The same root yields ثَوْرة (revolution) and ثارَ (to revolt). It is a hollow verb: the middle و of the root surfaces as a long ā in the past tense and as ī in the present, يُثير.
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