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تَلاشَى
to vanish, to fade away gradually /ta.laːˈʃaː/
verbB2#4011 most common
Also: to dissipate, to dwindle away, to disappear into nothing
Example sentences
النجوم تتلاشى عند الفجر.
The stars fade away at dawn.
تلاشى الثلج تحت أشعة الشمس.
The snow vanished under the sun's rays.
بدأت قوته تتلاشى يوماً بعد يوم.
His strength has been fading day by day.
تلاشت الفروق بين الثقافتين مع مرور الوقت.
The differences between the two cultures faded with the passage of time.
تتلاشى الأصوات تدريجياً كلما ابتعدت السيارة عن المدينة.
The sounds gradually fade as the car moves further from the city.
يزعم بعض الفلاسفة أن الذات تتلاشى في اللحظة التي يندمج فيها الوعي الفردي بالوعي الجمعي.
Some philosophers claim that the self dissolves the moment individual consciousness merges with collective consciousness.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَتَلاشَى | تَلاشَيْتُ | سَأَتَلاشَى |
| 2sg | تَتَلاشَى | تَلاشَيْتَ | سَتَتَلاشَى |
| 3sg | يَتَلاشَى | تَلاشَى | سَيَتَلاشَى |
| 1pl | نَتَلاشَى | تَلاشَيْنا | سَنَتَلاشَى |
| 2pl | تَتَلاشَوْنَ | تَلاشَيْتُمْ | سَتَتَلاشَوْنَ |
| 3pl | يَتَلاشَوْنَ | تَلاشَوْا | سَيَتَلاشَوْنَ |
Word family
تلاشٍvanishing, disappearance, dissipation
مُتَلاشٍvanishing, fading, dwindling
لا شيءnothing (the phrase behind the root's sense)
اضمحلّto fade away, to dwindle (near-synonym, different root)
Etymology
تلاشى is a Form VI verb built on the root ل-ش-ي. Arabic lexicographers link this root to the phrase لا شيء, meaning 'no thing' or 'nothing,' so the verb carries the sense of becoming nothing. The تفاعل pattern it uses typically marks a gradual or reciprocal process, which fits the idea of fading away over time rather than vanishing all at once. Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no attested Proto-Indo-European root and no confirmed cognates outside Semitic.
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