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أَدْرَك
to realize /ˈʔadraka/
verbA1#586 most common
Also: to perceive, to comprehend, to catch up with, to overtake, to attain, to reach
Example sentences
أَدْرَكَ الطِّفلُ خَطَأَهُ.
The child realized his mistake.
أَدْرَكْتُ مُتَأَخِّراً أنّي تَرَكْتُ هاتِفي في البيت.
I realized too late that I had left my phone at home.
أَسرَعَ في الجَريِ حتّى أَدْرَكَ القِطارَ.
He ran fast until he caught the train.
لم تُدرِكْ الحكومةُ حجمَ الأزمةِ إلّا بعد فواتِ الأوان.
The government did not grasp the scale of the crisis until it was too late.
أَدْرَكَ الباحثُ أنَّ بعضَ الحقائقِ لا تُدرَكُ بالعقلِ وحدَهُ.
The researcher realized that some truths cannot be grasped by reason alone.
ما إنْ أَدْرَكَ مَبلغَ الخطرِ حتّى هَبَّ يُحَذِّرُ الناسَ قبل أن يُدرِكَهُمُ السَّيلُ.
No sooner had he grasped the extent of the danger than he leapt up to warn people before the torrent overtook them.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُدْرِكُ | أَدْرَكْتُ | سَأُدْرِكُ |
| 2sg | تُدْرِكُ | أَدْرَكْتَ | سَتُدْرِكُ |
| 3sg | يُدْرِكُ | أَدْرَكَ | سَيُدْرِكُ |
| 1pl | نُدْرِكُ | أَدْرَكْنا | سَنُدْرِكُ |
| 2pl | تُدْرِكُونَ | أَدْرَكْتُمْ | سَتُدْرِكُونَ |
| 3pl | يُدْرِكُونَ | أَدْرَكُوا | سَيُدْرِكُونَ |
Word family
إِدْراكperception, awareness, cognitionمُدْرِكaware, perceiving
مُدْرَكa percept, something perceived
دَرَكattainment; lowest level
تَدارَكَto remedy, to rectify, to catch up with
Etymology
أَدْرَك is the Form IV verb of the triliteral root د-ر-ك (d-r-k), whose core sense is reaching or overtaking. From the physical idea of catching up with something, the meaning extended to mental grasping, that is, realizing or perceiving. The same consonantal root appears in Hebrew as ד-ר-ך, used for treading and walking a path.
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