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حَضَر
to attend /ˈħa.dˤa.ra/
verbA1#428 most common
Also: to be present, to come, to show up
Example sentences
حَضَرَ الْمُعَلِّمُ.
The teacher came.
حَضَرْتُ الْحَفْلَةَ أَمْسِ.
I attended the party yesterday.
هَلْ حَضَرْتَ الِاجْتِمَاعَ هٰذَا الصَّبَاحَ؟
Did you attend the meeting this morning?
لَمْ يَحْضُرْ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ الطُّلَّابِ بِسَبَبِ الْمَطَرِ.
Many of the students did not attend because of the rain.
حَضَرَ الْوَزِيرُ مَرَاسِمَ التَّوْقِيعِ مُمَثِّلاً عَنْ بَلَدِهِ.
The minister attended the signing ceremony as a representative of his country.
مَنْ حَضَرَ مَجْلِسَهُ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً أَدْرَكَ سَعَةَ عِلْمِهِ.
Whoever attended his gathering once grasped the breadth of his knowledge.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَحْضُرُ | حَضَرْتُ | سَأَحْضُرُ |
| 2sg | تَحْضُرُ | حَضَرْتَ | سَتَحْضُرُ |
| 3sg | يَحْضُرُ | حَضَرَ | سَيَحْضُرُ |
| 1pl | نَحْضُرُ | حَضَرْنَا | سَنَحْضُرُ |
| 2pl | تَحْضُرُونَ | حَضَرْتُمْ | سَتَحْضُرُونَ |
| 3pl | يَحْضُرُونَ | حَضَرُوا | سَيَحْضُرُونَ |
Word family
حُضُور (ḥuḍūr)presence, attendance
حَاضِر (ḥāḍir)present, ready
مُحَاضَرَة (muḥāḍara)lecture
حَضَارَة (ḥaḍāra)civilization
أَحْضَرَ (aḥḍara)to bring, to fetch
Etymology
حَضَرَ comes from the Semitic root ح-ض-ر, which joins the ideas of being present and being settled. In Arabic the same root separates townspeople (حَضَر) from desert nomads (بَدْو), and it yields حَضَارَة, the word for civilization. The Hebrew חָצֵר, meaning courtyard or settlement, reflects the same root and the same link between presence and a fixed dwelling.
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