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تَأَثَّر
to be affected /taʔaθˈθara/
verbB2#4403 most common
Also: to be moved (emotionally), to be influenced, to be impressed
Example sentences
أَنَا أَتَأَثَّرُ بِالمُوسِيقَى.
I am moved by music.
هِيَ تَأَثَّرَتْ بِالفِيلْمِ.
She was moved by the film.
تَأَثَّرَ الطُّلَّابُ بِكَلَامِ المُعَلِّمِ.
The students were influenced by the teacher's words.
لَمْ يَتَأَثَّرِ الاقْتِصَادُ كَثِيرًا بِالأَزْمَةِ.
The economy was not much affected by the crisis.
تَأَثَّرَتِ العَلَاقَاتُ الدَّوْلِيَّةُ بِالتَّغَيُّرَاتِ السِّيَاسِيَّةِ الأَخِيرَةِ.
International relations have been affected by recent political changes.
مَهْمَا حَاوَلْنَا أَلَّا نَتَأَثَّرَ بِآرَاءِ الآخَرِينَ، فَإِنَّ تَفْكِيرَنَا يَظَلُّ مُتَشَكِّلًا بِمُحِيطِنَا الِاجْتِمَاعِيِّ.
However hard we try not to be influenced by others' opinions, our thinking still ends up shaped by our social environment.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَتَأَثَّرُ | تَأَثَّرْتُ | سَأَتَأَثَّرُ |
| 2sg | تَتَأَثَّرُ | تَأَثَّرْتَ | سَتَتَأَثَّرُ |
| 3sg | يَتَأَثَّرُ | تَأَثَّرَ | سَيَتَأَثَّرُ |
| 1pl | نَتَأَثَّرُ | تَأَثَّرْنَا | سَنَتَأَثَّرُ |
| 2pl | تَتَأَثَّرُونَ | تَأَثَّرْتُمْ | سَتَتَأَثَّرُونَ |
| 3pl | يَتَأَثَّرُونَ | تَأَثَّرُوا | سَيَتَأَثَّرُونَ |
Word family
أَثَّرَto affect, to influence
تَأْثِيرinfluence, effectمُؤَثِّرinfluential; an influencer
أَثَرtrace, mark, impactمُتَأَثِّرaffected, moved, influenced
Etymology
تَأَثَّر is a Form V verb built on the Semitic root ء-ث-ر, which carries the sense of a trace, mark, or effect left behind. Form II أَثَّرَ means to affect or leave a mark on something, and Form V adds a reflexive sense, so تَأَثَّر means to have that mark left on oneself, to be affected. Arabic is a Semitic language, not Indo-European, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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