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أَدار
to run, to manage /ʔaˈdaːra/
verbA2#1300 most common
Also: to turn (something), to rotate, to operate (a machine), to administer, to direct
Example sentences
أَدارَ المِفتاحَ.
He turned the key.
أَدارَتْ رَأْسَها نَحوَ النافِذةِ.
She turned her head toward the window.
يُديرُ أَبي مَطعَماً صَغيراً في وَسَطِ المَدينةِ.
My father runs a small restaurant in the city center.
أَدارَ المُهَندِسُ المُحَرِّكَ ثُمَّ أَصغى إلى صَوتٍ غَريبٍ.
The engineer started the engine, then listened to a strange noise.
أَدارَتِ المُديرةُ الاجتِماعَ بِحَزمٍ، فَلَمْ يَجرُؤْ أَحَدٌ على المُقاطَعةِ.
The director ran the meeting firmly, so no one dared to interrupt.
لَطالَما أَدارَ السِّياسِيُّ الأَزَماتِ بِبَراعةٍ، مُحَوِّلاً كُلَّ خَطَرٍ إلى فُرصةٍ لِتَعزيزِ نُفوذِهِ.
The politician had always managed crises skillfully, turning every danger into a chance to strengthen his influence.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُديرُ | أَدَرْتُ | سَأُديرُ |
| 2sg | تُديرُ | أَدَرْتَ | سَتُديرُ |
| 3sg | يُديرُ | أَدارَ | سَيُديرُ |
| 1pl | نُديرُ | أَدَرْنا | سَنُديرُ |
| 2pl | تُديرونَ | أَدَرْتُمْ | سَتُديرونَ |
| 3pl | يُديرونَ | أَداروا | سَيُديرونَ |
Word family
إِدارة (ʾidāra)management, administration
مُدير (mudīr)manager, director
دارَ (dāra)to turn, to revolve
دائِرة (dāʾira)circle; department
مُدار (mudār)managed, run (passive participle)
Etymology
أَدارَ is the Form IV (causative) verb from the Semitic root د-و-ر, which means to turn, circle, or revolve. The same root gives دارَ (to turn), دار (house, a place one circles within), and دائرة (circle). The causative augment shifts the plain 'turn' into 'make turn,' and in modern use that widens to 'run, manage, administer.'
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