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تَعْب
tiredness, fatigue /ˈtaʕab/
nounB2#4007 most common
Also: exhaustion, weariness, toil
Example sentences
أَشْعُرُ بِالتَّعْبِ الْيَوْمَ.
I feel tired today.
التَّعْبُ يَجْعَلُنِي أُرِيدُ النَّوْمَ.
Tiredness makes me want to sleep.
بَعْدَ يَوْمٍ طَوِيلٍ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ، شَعَرْتُ بِتَعْبٍ شَدِيدٍ.
After a long day of work, I felt severe fatigue.
لَا يَسْتَحِقُّ الْأَمْرُ كُلَّ هَذَا التَّعْبِ.
The matter isn't worth all this trouble.
دَفَعْتُ أَتْعَابَ الْمُحَامِي قَبْلَ بَدْءِ الْقَضِيَّةِ.
I paid the lawyer's fees before the case began.
رَغْمَ تَعَبِهِ الْمُزْمِنِ، وَاصَلَ نِضَالَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ قَضِيَّتِهِ.
Despite his chronic exhaustion, he kept up his fight for his cause.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَعْبٌ | أَتْعَابٌ |
| Genitive | تَعْبٍ | أَتْعَابٍ |
| Accusative | تَعْبًا | أَتْعَابًا |
| Vocative | يَا تَعْبُ | يَا أَتْعَابُ |
Word family
تَعِبَto become tired, to toil
تَعْبَانtired, worn out
مُتْعِبtiring, exhausting
أَتْعَبَto tire someone out, to wear someone down
أَتْعَابfees, honorarium (plural, for paid effort)
Etymology
تَعْب is the verbal noun (masdar) of the Arabic verb تَعِبَ, built on the Semitic root ت-ع-ب, meaning to grow weary or toil. The root itself carries a core sense of labor that drains the body. Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no Indo-European ancestry and no PIE root.
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