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تَضَوَّر
to writhe (in pain or hunger) /tˤɑ.dˤɑwˈwɑ.rɑ/
verbB2#4038 most common
Also: to squirm in agony, to contort oneself, to be racked with hunger
Example sentences
الطفلُ يتضورُ جوعاً.
The child is writhing with hunger.
تضورتُ ألماً بعد السقوط.
I writhed in pain after the fall.
كان الجرحى يتضورون ألماً في المستشفى.
The wounded were writhing in pain in the hospital.
تتضور القطةُ جوعاً منذ أن هجرها صاحبها.
The cat has been writhing with hunger since its owner abandoned it.
رغم الجوع الذي جعله يتضور، رفض أن يسرق الطعام.
Despite the hunger that made him writhe, he refused to steal food.
وصف الكاتب كيف تضورت الأمةُ جوعاً خلال الحصار الطويل.
The writer described how the nation writhed with hunger during the long siege.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَتَضَوَّرُ | تَضَوَّرْتُ | سَأَتَضَوَّرُ |
| 2sg | تَتَضَوَّرُ | تَضَوَّرْتَ | سَتَتَضَوَّرُ |
| 3sg | يَتَضَوَّرُ | تَضَوَّرَ | سَيَتَضَوَّرُ |
| 1pl | نَتَضَوَّرُ | تَضَوَّرْنَا | سَنَتَضَوَّرُ |
| 2pl | تَتَضَوَّرُونَ | تَضَوَّرْتُمْ | سَتَتَضَوَّرُونَ |
| 3pl | يَتَضَوَّرُونَ | تَضَوَّرُوا | سَيَتَضَوَّرُونَ |
Word family
تَضَوُّرwrithing, the act of contorting from pain or hunger
مُتَضَوِّرwrithing, one who writhes
ضَيْرharm, hurt
ضَارharmful
Etymology
The verb comes from the triliteral Semitic root ض-و-ر, which carries the sense of harm or affliction. It is cast in Form V (تَفَعَّل), a pattern that adds a reflexive or intensive meaning to the base idea. So the word paints a body acting on itself under the force of pain or hunger, twisting and contorting as a visible sign of that affliction.
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