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تَرْك
leaving, giving up (something) /ˈtark/
nounB1#2615 most common
Also: abandonment, quitting, relinquishment
Example sentences
تَرْكُ الكَذِبِ صَعْبٌ.
Giving up lying is hard.
قَرَّرَ تَرْكَ عَمَلِهِ.
He decided to leave his job.
تَرْكُ التَّدْخِينِ يُحَسِّنُ الصِّحَّةَ.
Quitting smoking improves health.
لا يُمْكِنُني تَرْكُ هٰذَا الْمَكانِ الآنَ.
I cannot leave this place now.
أَدَّى تَرْكُهُ لِلْمَدْرَسَةِ في سِنٍّ مُبَكِّرَةٍ إِلى صُعوباتٍ لاحِقَةٍ.
His leaving school at an early age led to later difficulties.
يَنْبَغي أَلَّا يَكونَ تَرْكُ العاداتِ السَّيِّئَةِ مَبْنِيًّا عَلى رَدَّةِ فِعْلٍ آنِيَّةٍ بَلْ عَلى قَرارٍ راسِخٍ.
Giving up bad habits should not rest on a momentary reaction but on a firm decision.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَرْكٌ | |
| Genitive | تَرْكٍ | |
| Accusative | تَرْكًا | |
| Vocative | يا تَرْكُ |
Word family
تَرَكَto leave, abandon, quit
تاركleaving, one who leaves
مَتْروكleft behind, abandoned
تَرِكَةestate, inheritance
Etymology
تَرْك is the verbal noun (masdar) of the Form I verb تَرَكَ, built on the triliteral Semitic root ت-ر-ك meaning "to leave, abandon, let alone." The root already carries this sense in the earliest layers of Arabic and appears throughout the Quran and classical prose. As a Semitic root, it has no connection to Indo-European vocabulary.
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