Learn Arabic › A2 › أَشار
أَشار
to point, to indicate /ʔaˈʃaːra/
verbA2#1053 most common
Also: to gesture, to signal, to refer to, to allude to, to point out (in speech or writing)
Example sentences
أَشارَ إلى البابِ.
He pointed to the door.
أَشارَتِ المُعَلِّمةُ إلى السَّبُّورةِ.
The teacher pointed to the blackboard.
أَشارَ الشُّرطِيُّ بِيَدِهِ فَتَوَقَّفَتِ السَّيّارةُ.
The policeman gestured with his hand and the car stopped.
أَشارَ التَّقريرُ إلى ارتِفاعِ نِسبةِ البَطالةِ.
The report pointed to a rise in the unemployment rate.
أَشارَ الكاتِبُ في مَقالِهِ إلى ضَرورةِ الإصلاحِ الاقتِصادِيِّ.
The writer referred in his article to the need for economic reform.
كَما أَشارَ الباحِثُ، فإنَّ النَّتائِجَ لا تَدُلُّ بالضَّرورةِ على عَلاقةٍ سَبَبِيّةٍ بَينَ المُتَغَيِّرَينِ.
As the researcher pointed out, the results do not necessarily indicate a causal relationship between the two variables.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُشيرُ | أَشَرْتُ | سَأُشيرُ |
| 2sg | تُشيرُ | أَشَرْتَ | سَتُشيرُ |
| 3sg | يُشيرُ | أَشارَ | سَيُشيرُ |
| 1pl | نُشيرُ | أَشَرْنا | سَنُشيرُ |
| 2pl | تُشيرونَ | أَشَرْتُمْ | سَتُشيرونَ |
| 3pl | يُشيرونَ | أَشاروا | سَيُشيرونَ |
Word family
إشارةsign, signal, gesture
استشارَto consult
مُستشارadvisor, counselor
مَشورةadvice, counsel
شورىconsultation, council
Etymology
أَشار is a Form IV verb built on the triliteral Semitic root ش-و-ر. The root also yields words for consultation and advice, where one person draws out the opinion of another. The prefixed hamza of the أَفْعَل pattern adds a directive sense: to make a sign, to point. The weak middle radical contracts, so the expected أَشْوَرَ surfaces as أَشار.
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