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تَأَخَّر
to be late /taˈʔax.xa.ra/
verbA2#843 most common
Also: to be delayed, to fall behind, lag behind, to be postponed
Example sentences
تَأَخَّرَ الْقِطَار.
The train was late.
تَأَخَّرْتُ عَنِ الْعَمَلِ الْيَوْم.
I was late for work today.
لِمَاذَا تَأَخَّرْتَ عَنِ الِاجْتِمَاع؟
Why were you late for the meeting?
تَأَخَّرَ تَسْلِيمُ الْمَشْرُوعِ بِسَبَبِ نَقْصِ الْمَوَارِد.
Delivery of the project was delayed because of a shortage of resources.
تَأَخَّرَتِ الطَّالِبَةُ فِي دِرَاسَتِهَا بَعْدَ غِيَابِهَا الطَّوِيل.
The student fell behind in her studies after her long absence.
كُلَّمَا تَأَخَّرَ اتِّخَاذُ الْقَرَارِ، ازْدَادَتِ الْخَسَائِرُ تَفَاقُمًا.
The longer the decision was delayed, the worse the losses grew.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَتَأَخَّر | تَأَخَّرْتُ | سَأَتَأَخَّر |
| 2sg | تَتَأَخَّر | تَأَخَّرْتَ | سَتَتَأَخَّر |
| 3sg | يَتَأَخَّر | تَأَخَّرَ | سَيَتَأَخَّر |
| 1pl | نَتَأَخَّر | تَأَخَّرْنَا | سَنَتَأَخَّر |
| 2pl | تَتَأَخَّرُونَ | تَأَخَّرْتُمْ | سَتَتَأَخَّرُونَ |
| 3pl | يَتَأَخَّرُونَ | تَأَخَّرُوا | سَيَتَأَخَّرُونَ |
Word family
أَخَّرَto delay, postpone (something)
تَأْخِيرdelay, postponementمُتَأَخِّرlate, delayed, overdue
تَأَخُّرlateness, delay, backwardness
آخِرlast part, endEtymology
تَأَخَّر comes from the Semitic root ʾ-kh-r, which carries the sense of being behind or coming after. It is the Form V (تَفَعَّل) verb built on the Form II أَخَّرَ, 'to delay something,' so its reflexive meaning is 'to delay oneself,' that is, to be late. The same root yields آخِر, 'last,' and أُخْرَى, 'other.' Cognate roots run across the Semitic family, such as Hebrew אַחַר, 'after.'
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