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ذَكَر

to mention /ˈða.ka.ra/

verbA1#369 most common

Also: to remember, to recall, to cite

Example sentences

ذَكَرَ الْمُعَلِّمُ اسْمِي.
The teacher mentioned my name.
هَلْ ذَكَرْتَ هَذَا لِأَبِيكَ؟
Did you mention this to your father?
ذَكَرَتِ الصَّحِيفَةُ أَنَّ الطَّقْسَ سَيَكُونُ مُمْطِرًا.
The newspaper mentioned that the weather would be rainy.
لَمْ يَذْكُرِ الْوَزِيرُ أَيَّ تَفَاصِيلَ عَنِ الِاتِّفَاقِ.
The minister did not mention any details about the agreement.
كَمَا ذَكَرْتُ سَابِقًا، فَإِنَّ الْقَرَارَ لَيْسَ نِهَائِيًّا.
As I mentioned earlier, the decision is not final.
ذَكَرَ الْبَاحِثُ فِي مُقَدِّمَةِ كِتَابِهِ عِدَّةَ مَصَادِرَ لَمْ يَسْبِقْ أَنْ أَشَارَ إِلَيْهَا أَحَدٌ.
In the introduction to his book, the researcher cited several sources that no one had referred to before.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgأَذْكُرُذَكَرْتُسَأَذْكُرُ
2sgتَذْكُرُذَكَرْتَسَتَذْكُرُ
3sgيَذْكُرُذَكَرَسَيَذْكُرُ
1plنَذْكُرُذَكَرْنَاسَنَذْكُرُ
2plتَذْكُرُونَذَكَرْتُمْسَتَذْكُرُونَ
3plيَذْكُرُونَذَكَرُواسَيَذْكُرُونَ

Word family

ذِكْرremembrance, mention; invocation
ذَاكِرَةmemory
تَذَكَّرَto remember, recollect
ذَكَّرَto remind
مُذَكِّرَةmemo, note, diary

Etymology

The root ذ ك ر runs through the Semitic languages with two linked senses: to remember and to mention aloud. It is the same root behind the noun ذِكْر, recollection or invocation. Hebrew zakhar and Akkadian zakaru share the ancestor, Proto-Semitic *ḏkr. The bond between memory and speech is old: to mention a thing is to call it back to mind.

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