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دَرَس
to study /daˈra.sa/
verbB1#1568 most common
Also: to learn, to examine carefully, to research
Example sentences
أَدْرُسُ العَرَبِيَّةَ.
I study Arabic.
دَرَسَ أَحْمَدُ الدَّرْسَ أَمْسِ.
Ahmed studied the lesson yesterday.
هَلْ دَرَسْتِ لِلِامْتِحَانِ؟
Did you study for the exam?
سَأَدْرُسُ الطِّبَّ فِي الجَامِعَةِ العَامَ القَادِمَ.
I will study medicine at the university next year.
دَرَسَ البَاحِثُ الظَّاهِرَةَ بِعِنَايَةٍ قَبْلَ نَشْرِ نَتَائِجِهِ.
The researcher examined the phenomenon carefully before publishing his results.
لَمْ يَكْتَفِ بِحِفْظِ النُّصُوصِ، بَلْ دَرَسَهَا دِرَاسَةً نَقْدِيَّةً مُعَمَّقَةً.
He did not settle for memorizing the texts; he studied them with deep critical analysis.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَدْرُسُ | دَرَسْتُ | سَأَدْرُسُ |
| 2sg | تَدْرُسُ | دَرَسْتَ | سَتَدْرُسُ |
| 3sg | يَدْرُسُ | دَرَسَ | سَيَدْرُسُ |
| 1pl | نَدْرُسُ | دَرَسْنَا | سَنَدْرُسُ |
| 2pl | تَدْرُسُونَ | دَرَسْتُمْ | سَتَدْرُسُونَ |
| 3pl | يَدْرُسُونَ | دَرَسُوا | سَيَدْرُسُونَ |
Word family
دَرْس (dars)lesson
مَدْرَسَة (madrasa)school
مُدَرِّس (mudarris)teacher
دِرَاسَة (dirāsa)study, studies
دَرَّسَ (darrasa)to teach
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic triliteral root د-ر-س (d-r-s), tied to the ideas of treading a path, repeating, and so learning by going over a thing. The same root gives the common words for school and lesson. It is a native Semitic root with no Indo-European source.
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