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تَسَرَّع
to act hastily, to rush into something /taˈsarraʕa/
verbB2#4139 most common
Also: to be rash, to jump to conclusions, to hasten unwisely
Example sentences
لا تَتَسَرَّعْ.
Don't be hasty.
تَسَرَّعَ فِي قَرَارِهِ.
He acted hastily in his decision.
أَعْتَقِدُ أَنَّهُ تَسَرَّعَ عِنْدَمَا وَافَقَ عَلَى العَرْضِ.
I think he was rash when he agreed to the offer.
لا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ نَتَسَرَّعَ فِي الحُكْمِ عَلَى النَّاسِ قَبْلَ مَعْرِفَةِ الحَقَائِقِ.
We shouldn't rush to judge people before knowing the facts.
لَوْ لَمْ يَتَسَرَّعِ المُدِيرُ فِي اتِّخَاذِ القَرَارِ، لَكَانَتِ النَّتَائِجُ مُخْتَلِفَةً تَمَامًا.
If the manager hadn't rushed into the decision, the results would have been completely different.
كَثِيرًا مَا يَنْدَمُ الإِنْسَانُ عَلَى قَرَارَاتٍ تَسَرَّعَ فِيهَا تَحْتَ وَطْأَةِ الغَضَبِ أَوِ الحَمَاسِ الزَّائِدِ.
People often regret decisions they rushed into under the weight of anger or excessive enthusiasm.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَتَسَرَّعُ | تَسَرَّعْتُ | سَأَتَسَرَّعُ |
| 2sg | تَتَسَرَّعُ | تَسَرَّعْتَ | سَتَتَسَرَّعُ |
| 3sg | يَتَسَرَّعُ | تَسَرَّعَ | سَيَتَسَرَّعُ |
| 1pl | نَتَسَرَّعُ | تَسَرَّعْنَا | سَنَتَسَرَّعُ |
| 2pl | تَتَسَرَّعُونَ | تَسَرَّعْتُمْ | سَتَتَسَرَّعُونَ |
| 3pl | يَتَسَرَّعُونَ | تَسَرَّعُوا | سَيَتَسَرَّعُونَ |
Word family
تَسَرُّعhastiness, rashness
مُتَسَرِّعhasty, rash person
سَرِيعfast, quickسُرْعَةspeedأَسْرَعَto hasten, speed up
Etymology
تَسَرَّع comes from the Semitic root س-ر-ع, which carries the core sense of speed or quickness. It is built on Form V (تَفَعَّلَ), a pattern that typically gives a verb a reflexive or self-directed sense. Applied to a root meaning 'fast', this pattern produces the idea of making oneself move too fast, that is, acting before thinking.
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