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خَطِر
dangerous /xɑˈtˤɪr/
adjectiveB2#3071 most common
Also: risky, perilous, hazardous
Example sentences
هذا الطريقُ خَطِرٌ.
This road is dangerous.
السباحةُ هنا خَطِرةٌ.
Swimming here is dangerous.
قيادةُ السيارةِ بسرعةٍ عملٌ خَطِرٌ.
Driving a car fast is a dangerous act.
أصبح الوضعُ في المنطقةِ خَطِرًا جدًا هذا الأسبوعَ.
The situation in the region has become very dangerous this week.
يُعتبَر هذا المرضُ خَطِرًا بشكل خاص على كبار السن.
This disease is considered especially dangerous for the elderly.
رغم أن المشروع يبدو مربحًا، فإنه خَطِرٌ من الناحية الماليةِ على المدى الطويل.
Although the project looks profitable, it is financially risky in the long run.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خَطِرٌ | خَطِرُونَ |
| Genitive | خَطِرٍ | خَطِرِينَ |
| Accusative | خَطِرًا | خَطِرِينَ |
| Vocative | يا خَطِرُ | يا خَطِرُونَ |
Word family
خطرdanger, risk
خطيرdangerous, serious, grave
مخاطرةrisk-taking, gamble
يخاطرto take a risk, to gamble
أخطارdangers (plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root kh-t-r, which carries the core idea of danger or of something suddenly coming to mind. خَطِر uses the fa'il pattern, a common shape for adjectives that describe an inherent quality, here the quality of being dangerous. It shares its root with the noun خطر (danger) and the near-synonym adjective خطير, which is used more often in everyday speech.
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