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تَأَخُّر
delay /taʔaxˈxur/
nounB2#3695 most common
Also: lateness, tardiness, retardation (technical, e.g. developmental delay)
Example sentences
أَعْتَذِرُ عَنْ تَأَخُّري.
I apologize for my lateness.
تَأَخُّرُ الْقِطَارِ مُزْعِجٌ.
The train's delay is annoying.
سَبَبُ تَأَخُّرِهِ غَيْرُ مَعْرُوفٍ.
The reason for his delay is unknown.
لا تُكَرِّرْ هَذَا التَّأَخُّرَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى.
Don't repeat this delay again.
يُؤَثِّرُ تَأَخُّرُ الرَّحْلَةِ عَلَى مَوَاعِيدِنَا.
The flight's delay affects our schedule.
أَدَّى تَأَخُّرُ الشَّرِكَةِ فِي تَسْلِيمِ الْمَشْرُوعِ إِلَى خَسَائِرَ مَالِيَّةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ.
The company's delay in delivering the project led to significant financial losses.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَأَخُّرٌ | تَأَخُّرَاتٌ |
| Genitive | تَأَخُّرٍ | تَأَخُّرَاتٍ |
| Accusative | تَأَخُّرًا | تَأَخُّرَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا تَأَخُّرُ | يَا تَأَخُّرَاتُ |
Word family
تَأَخَّرَto be late, to be delayed
مُتَأَخِّرlate, delayed, behind
أَخَّرَto delay, postpone (something)
آخِرlast, end, finalتَأْخِيرdelay, postponementEtymology
تَأَخُّر is the verbal noun of the Form V verb تَأَخَّرَ, built on the triliteral root ʾ-kh-r, which carries the core sense of being behind or coming after. The same root gives آخِر, meaning last or end. Form V adds a prefixed ت and doubles the middle root letter to mark a reflexive or intransitive sense, so تَأَخُّر literally denotes the state of making oneself late or falling behind.
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