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تَطَلَّع
to look forward to /taˈtˤal.laʕ/
verbB1#2008 most common
Also: to aspire (to), to look up at, to gaze, to long for
Example sentences
أَتَطَلَّعُ إِلَى العُطْلَة.
I look forward to the vacation.
يَتَطَلَّعُ الوَلَدُ إِلَى النُّجُوم.
The boy gazes up at the stars.
نَتَطَلَّعُ إِلَى مُسْتَقْبَلٍ أَفْضَل.
We look forward to a better future.
تَتَطَلَّعُ الشَّرِكَةُ إِلَى تَوْسِيعِ أَعْمَالِهَا فِي الخَارِج.
The company aspires to expand its business abroad.
كَانَ الشَّعْبُ يَتَطَلَّعُ إِلَى الحُرِّيَّةِ بَعْدَ سَنَوَاتٍ مِنَ القَمْع.
The people aspired to freedom after years of repression.
لَطَالَمَا تَطَلَّعَتِ الأَجْيَالُ المُتَعَاقِبَةُ إِلَى إِصْلَاحٍ لَمْ يَتَحَقَّقْ قَطّ.
Successive generations long aspired to a reform that never materialized.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَتَطَلَّعُ | تَطَلَّعْتُ | سَأَتَطَلَّعُ |
| 2sg | تَتَطَلَّعُ | تَطَلَّعْتَ | سَتَتَطَلَّعُ |
| 3sg | يَتَطَلَّعُ | تَطَلَّعَ | سَيَتَطَلَّعُ |
| 1pl | نَتَطَلَّعُ | تَطَلَّعْنَا | سَنَتَطَلَّعُ |
| 2pl | تَتَطَلَّعُونَ | تَطَلَّعْتُمْ | سَتَتَطَلَّعُونَ |
| 3pl | يَتَطَلَّعُونَ | تَطَلَّعُوا | سَيَتَطَلَّعُونَ |
Word family
تَطَلُّعaspiration, longing
طَلَعَto rise, to ascend
طُلُوعrising, sunrise
مَطْلَعbeginning, place or time of rising
طَلِيعَةvanguard, forefront
Etymology
The verb is the Form V (reflexive) derivation of the Semitic root ط-ل-ع, whose base sense is rising or coming into view, as when the sun climbs above the horizon. From that image of upward emergence the reflexive form takes on the meaning of lifting one's gaze, and by extension looking ahead and aspiring. The metaphor of raised eyes tracks the shift from physical sight to hope.
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