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تَكَرَّر
to be repeated, to recur /taˈkarrara/
verbB2#3800 most common
Also: to happen again, to recur, to be reiterated
Example sentences
تَكَرَّرَ الخطأُ.
The mistake happened again.
تَكَرَّرَتِ المشكلةُ هذا الأسبوعَ.
The problem recurred this week.
يَتَكَرَّرُ هذا السؤالُ في كلِّ امتحانٍ.
This question comes up again in every exam.
تَتَكَرَّرُ الحوادثُ على هذا الطريقِ بسببِ سوءِ الإضاءةِ.
Accidents keep recurring on this road because of poor lighting.
لا أريدُ أن تَتَكَرَّرَ هذه الأخطاءُ في المستقبلِ.
I do not want these mistakes to happen again in the future.
إذا تَكَرَّرَ هذا السلوكُ، فسنضطرُّ إلى اتخاذِ إجراءاتٍ تأديبيةٍ.
If this behavior recurs, we will have to take disciplinary action.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَتَكَرَّرُ | تَكَرَّرْتُ | سَأَتَكَرَّرُ |
| 2sg | تَتَكَرَّرُ | تَكَرَّرْتَ | سَتَتَكَرَّرُ |
| 3sg | يَتَكَرَّرُ | تَكَرَّرَ | سَيَتَكَرَّرُ |
| 1pl | نَتَكَرَّرُ | تَكَرَّرْنَا | سَنَتَكَرَّرُ |
| 2pl | تَتَكَرَّرُونَ | تَكَرَّرْتُمْ | سَتَتَكَرَّرُونَ |
| 3pl | يَتَكَرَّرُونَ | تَكَرَّرُوا | سَيَتَكَرَّرُونَ |
Word family
كَرَّرَto repeat, reiterate something
تَكْرَارrepetition, recurrence
مُتَكَرِّرrepeated, recurring, frequent
كَرَّةa time, a turn, an occurrence
مُكَرَّرrepeated; refined or reprocessed, as in sugar
Etymology
تَكَرَّر comes from the Arabic root ك-ر-ر, which carries the sense of returning or repeating. That root already doubles its second and third letters, and the Form V pattern تَفَعَّلَ adds a further reflexive layer, turning the causative verb كَرَّرَ (to repeat something) into تَكَرَّرَ (to become repeated, to recur on its own). Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no Indo-European root.
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