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أَشْعَل
to ignite /ˈʔaʃ.ʕa.la/
verbB1#2963 most common
Also: to light (a fire, candle, cigarette), to switch on (a light or device), to spark (a conflict or feeling)
Example sentences
أَشْعَلَتِ النورَ.
She turned on the light.
أَشْعَلَ أَبي النارَ في الموقدِ.
My father lit the fire in the fireplace.
أَشْعَلْنا الشموعَ على الكعكةِ.
We lit the candles on the cake.
يُشْعِلُ الجنودُ فتيلَ القنبلةِ بحذرٍ شديدٍ.
The soldiers light the bomb's fuse with great care.
أَشْعَلَ قرارُ الحكومةِ فتيلَ الغضبِ الشعبيّ.
The government's decision ignited public anger.
أَشْعَلَتِ التصريحاتُ الدبلوماسيةُ الأخيرةُ أزمةً سياسيةً لم تشهدها المنطقةُ منذ عقودٍ.
The recent diplomatic statements ignited a political crisis the region had not seen in decades.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُشْعِلُ | أَشْعَلْتُ | سَأُشْعِلُ |
| 2sg | تُشْعِلُ | أَشْعَلْتَ | سَتُشْعِلُ |
| 3sg | يُشْعِلُ | أَشْعَلَ | سَيُشْعِلُ |
| 1pl | نُشْعِلُ | أَشْعَلْنَا | سَنُشْعِلُ |
| 2pl | تُشْعِلُونَ | أَشْعَلْتُمْ | سَتُشْعِلُونَ |
| 3pl | يُشْعِلُونَ | أَشْعَلُوا | سَيُشْعِلُونَ |
Word family
شُعْلَةflame
مِشْعَلtorch
اشْتَعَلَto catch fire, blaze up
مُشْتَعِلablaze, burning
إشْعَالignition, the act of lighting
Etymology
أَشْعَلَ comes from the Semitic triliteral root ش-ع-ل (sh-ʿ-l), which carries the sense of burning or flaring up. Arabic builds this word in Form IV, adding the prefix أَ to the root. That prefix turns a basic action into a causative one, so the root's sense of 'blazing' becomes 'making something blaze'. This is a standard and productive pattern in Arabic verb formation, not a borrowing from another language.
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