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تَقَصَّد
to do something on purpose; to act deliberately or intentionally /ta.qɑsˤˈsˤɑ.da/
verbB2#4169 most common
Also: to intend deliberately, to premeditate, to mean to (do something)
Example sentences
أَحْمَدُ تَقَصَّدَ التَّأَخُّرَ.
Ahmad deliberately arrived late.
هَلْ تَقَصَّدْتَ إِيذَائِي؟
Did you mean to hurt me?
لا أَعْتَقِدُ أَنَّهَا تَقَصَّدَتْ إِهَانَتَكَ فِي الاجْتِمَاعِ.
I don't think she meant to insult you in the meeting.
يَتَقَصَّدُ بَعْضُ الطُّلَّابِ التَّأْخِيرَ فِي تَسْلِيمِ الوَاجِبَاتِ لِكَسْبِ وَقْتٍ إِضَافِيٍّ.
Some students deliberately delay submitting assignments to gain extra time.
تَقَصَّدَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ إِخْفَاءَ المَعْلُومَاتِ الحَسَّاسَةِ عَنِ المُسَاهِمِينَ لِتَجَنُّبِ الفَضِيحَةِ.
The company deliberately concealed sensitive information from shareholders to avoid a scandal.
مِنَ الصَّعْبِ إِثْبَاتُ أَنَّ المُتَّهَمَ تَقَصَّدَ التَّسَبُّبَ فِي الضَّرَرِ دُونَ أَدِلَّةٍ قَاطِعَةٍ عَلَى سَبْقِ الإِصْرَارِ.
It is hard to prove that the defendant intentionally caused the harm without conclusive evidence of premeditation.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَتَقَصَّدُ | تَقَصَّدْتُ | سَأَتَقَصَّدُ |
| 2sg | تَتَقَصَّدُ | تَقَصَّدْتَ | سَتَتَقَصَّدُ |
| 3sg | يَتَقَصَّدُ | تَقَصَّدَ | سَيَتَقَصَّدُ |
| 1pl | نَتَقَصَّدُ | تَقَصَّدْنَا | سَنَتَقَصَّدُ |
| 2pl | تَتَقَصَّدُونَ | تَقَصَّدْتُمْ | سَتَتَقَصَّدُونَ |
| 3pl | يَتَقَصَّدُونَ | تَقَصَّدُوا | سَيَتَقَصَّدُونَ |
Word family
Etymology
تقصّد belongs to the Arabic root ق-ص-د (q-ṣ-d), a triliteral root meaning to aim, head toward, or intend. The base verb قَصَدَ means to intend or make for a goal. The Form V pattern تَفَعَّل adds a reflexive, deliberative sense, so تقصّد means to make a point of doing something, to act with premeditation. Arabic is a Semitic language, not Indo-European, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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