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أَرْسَل
to send /ˈʔarsala/
verbA1#325 most common
Also: to dispatch, to forward, to transmit
Example sentences
أَرْسَلَ سامي رِسالَةً إلى صَديقِهِ.
Sami sent a message to his friend.
أَرْسَلْتُ لَكِ هَدِيَّةً في عيدِ ميلادِكِ.
I sent you a gift on your birthday.
هَلْ أَرْسَلْتَ التَّقريرَ إلى المُديرِ أَمْسِ؟
Did you send the report to the manager yesterday?
أَرْسَلَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ مُمَثِّلاً لِحُضورِ المُؤتَمَرِ في الخارِجِ.
The company sent a representative to attend the conference abroad.
لَمْ نُرْسِلِ البِضاعَةَ بَعْدُ لِأَنَّ العَميلَ لَمْ يُؤَكِّدِ الطَّلَبَ.
We have not sent the goods yet because the client has not confirmed the order.
أَرْسَلَ المَبْعوثُ الأُمَمِيُّ إِشاراتٍ مُتَناقِضَةً قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْعَقِدَ مُفاوَضاتُ السَّلامِ.
The UN envoy sent contradictory signals before the peace negotiations convened.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُرْسِلُ | أَرْسَلْتُ | سَأُرْسِلُ |
| 2sg | تُرْسِلُ | أَرْسَلْتَ | سَتُرْسِلُ |
| 3sg | يُرْسِلُ | أَرْسَلَ | سَيُرْسِلُ |
| 1pl | نُرْسِلُ | أَرْسَلْنا | سَنُرْسِلُ |
| 2pl | تُرْسِلونَ | أَرْسَلْتُمْ | سَتُرْسِلونَ |
| 3pl | يُرْسِلونَ | أَرْسَلوا | سَيُرْسِلونَ |
Word family
رَسولmessenger, apostle
رِسالةmessage, letter
إِرْسالsending, transmission, broadcastمُرْسِلsender
مُراسِلcorrespondent, reporterEtymology
أَرْسَل is the Form IV verb from the Semitic triliteral root r-s-l, which carries the sense of sending and dispatching. The Form IV pattern أَفْعَلَ is causative, so the verb means to make something go forth, hence to send. The same root yields رَسول (messenger) and رِسالة (message, letter).
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