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حارِس
guard /ˈħaː.ris/
nounA2#861 most common
Also: guardian, keeper, watchman
Example sentences
الحارِسُ أمامَ البابِ.
The guard is in front of the door.
يعملُ أبي حارِساً في المدرسةِ.
My father works as a guard at the school.
الحارِسُ يمنعُ دخولَ الغرباءِ إلى المبنى.
The guard stops strangers from entering the building.
أنقذَ حارِسُ المرمى الفريقَ بتصدٍّ رائعٍ في الدقيقةِ الأخيرةِ.
The goalkeeper saved the team with a brilliant stop in the last minute.
لم يغمض للحارِسِ جفنٌ طوال الليلِ خشيةَ تسلّلِ اللصوصِ.
The guard did not sleep a wink all night for fear of thieves slipping in.
يقفُ الحارِسُ الأمينُ على ثغرِ الوطنِ، لا تأخذُه في أداءِ واجبِه لومةُ لائمٍ.
The faithful guard stands at the nation's frontier, and no critic's blame turns him from his duty.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حارِسٌ | حُرّاسٌ |
| Genitive | حارِسٍ | حُرّاسٍ |
| Accusative | حارِساً | حُرّاساً |
| Vocative | يا حارِسُ | يا حُرّاسُ |
Word family
حَرَسَto guard, watch over
حِراسةguarding, custody
حُرّاسguards (plural)
مَحْروسguarded, protected
حَرَسguard, guard corpsEtymology
حارِس is the active participle of the verb حَرَسَ, to guard or watch over. The triconsonantal root ح-ر-س carries the sense of keeping watch and protecting. Related forms such as حِراسة (guarding) and حُرّاس (guards) come from the same root. It is a native Semitic root with no Indo-European ancestry.
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