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أَنْشَأ
to establish /ˈʔanʃaʔa/
verbB2#4266 most common
Also: to found, to set up, to create/bring into being
Example sentences
أَنْشَأَتِ الحُكُومَةُ مَدْرَسَةً جَدِيدَةً.
The government established a new school.
أَنْشَأَ أَبِي شَرِكَةً صَغِيرَةً قَبْلَ عَشْرِ سَنَوَاتٍ.
My father founded a small company ten years ago.
تُرِيدُ الجَامِعَةُ أَنْ تُنْشِئَ مَكْتَبَةً كَبِيرَةً لِلطُّلَّابِ.
The university wants to establish a large library for students.
أُنْشِئَتْ هٰذِهِ المُنَظَّمَةُ عَامَ ١٩٤٥ لِحِفْظِ السَّلَامِ.
This organization was established in 1945 to keep the peace.
يَسْعَى رَجُلُ الأَعْمَالِ إِلَى إِنْشَاءِ شَبَكَةٍ عَالَمِيَّةٍ مِنَ الفُرُوعِ.
The businessman is working to establish a global network of branches.
أَنْشَأَ الكَاتِبُ نَصًّا أَدَبِيًّا يَعْكِسُ رُؤْيَتَهُ الفَلْسَفِيَّةَ لِلْوُجُودِ.
The writer composed a literary text that reflects his philosophical view of existence.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُنْشِئُ | أَنْشَأْتُ | سَأُنْشِئُ |
| 2sg | تُنْشِئُ | أَنْشَأْتَ | سَتُنْشِئُ |
| 3sg | يُنْشِئُ | أَنْشَأَ | سَيُنْشِئُ |
| 1pl | نُنْشِئُ | أَنْشَأْنَا | سَنُنْشِئُ |
| 2pl | تُنْشِئُونَ | أَنْشَأْتُمْ | سَتُنْشِئُونَ |
| 3pl | يُنْشِئُونَ | أَنْشَأُوا | سَيُنْشِئُونَ |
Word family
نَشَأto grow up, to arise
إِنْشَاءfounding, creation, or a written composition
مُنْشَأَةfacility, establishment, plantنَاشِئemerging, up-and-coming (as in a young talent)
مُنْشِئfounder, creator
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root ن ش أ, whose core sense is to grow, arise, or come into being. أَنْشَأ is the causative Form IV of that root, built with a prefixed hamza that turns the plain verb نَشَأ (to grow up, to arise on its own) into a transitive verb meaning to cause something to arise. This causative pattern is common across many Arabic verbs and does not descend from Indo-European roots.
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