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تَسَبَّب
to cause /taˈsab.ba.ba/
verbA2#1174 most common
Also: to bring about, to lead to, to be responsible for
Example sentences
تَسَبَّبَ الوَلَدُ فِي المُشْكِلَةِ.
The boy caused the problem.
تَسَبَّبَتِ السُّرْعَةُ فِي حادِثٍ كَبيرٍ.
Speeding caused a big accident.
تَسَبَّبَتِ الأَمْطارُ الغَزيرَةُ فِي فَيَضاناتٍ داخِلَ المَدينَةِ.
The heavy rains caused floods inside the city.
أَخْشى أَنْ يَتَسَبَّبَ قَرارُكَ المُتَسَرِّعُ فِي خَسائِرَ فادِحَةٍ.
I fear that your hasty decision will cause grave losses.
تَسَبَّبَ سوءُ الإِدارَةِ فِي تَفاقُمِ الأَزْمَةِ الاقْتِصادِيَّةِ عَلى مَدى سَنَواتٍ.
Mismanagement caused the economic crisis to worsen over years.
لَمْ يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ يَتَوَقَّعُ أَنْ تَتَسَبَّبَ شَرارَةٌ صَغيرَةٌ فِي اشْتِعالِ حَريقٍ الْتَهَمَ الحَيَّ بِأَكْمَلِهِ.
No one expected that a small spark would cause a fire that devoured the whole neighborhood.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَتَسَبَّبُ | تَسَبَّبْتُ | سَأَتَسَبَّبُ |
| 2sg | تَتَسَبَّبُ | تَسَبَّبْتَ | سَتَتَسَبَّبُ |
| 3sg | يَتَسَبَّبُ | تَسَبَّبَ | سَيَتَسَبَّبُ |
| 1pl | نَتَسَبَّبُ | تَسَبَّبْنا | سَنَتَسَبَّبُ |
| 2pl | تَتَسَبَّبونَ | تَسَبَّبْتُمْ | سَتَتَسَبَّبونَ |
| 3pl | يَتَسَبَّبونَ | تَسَبَّبوا | سَيَتَسَبَّبونَ |
Word family
سَبَبcause, reason
سَبَّبَto cause (Form II)
تَسَبُّبcausation, the act of causing
مُسَبِّبcause, causing agent
مُتَسَبِّبthe one who causes, party responsible
Etymology
The verb belongs to the triconsonantal root س-ب-ب. Its core noun سَبَب first meant a rope or cord. From the image of a rope that links one thing to another, the noun came to mean the means or cause by which something is reached. تَسَبَّب is the Form V verb built on the Form II 'to cause,' so it carries the sense of bringing a result about or being its cause.
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