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ذُعْر
panic /ˈðuʕr/
nounB2#3051 most common
Also: fright, terror, dread
Example sentences
شعرتُ بذعر كبير.
I felt great panic.
امتلأ قلبها بالذعر عندما سمعت الصوت.
Her heart filled with panic when she heard the sound.
انتشر الذعر بين الناس بعد سماع الانفجار.
Panic spread among the people after they heard the explosion.
أصابه الذعر من فكرة الطيران وحده.
Panic gripped him at the thought of flying alone.
كان الذعر باديًا على وجوه الركاب أثناء اضطراب الطائرة.
Panic was visible on the passengers' faces during the plane's turbulence.
لم يستطع إخفاء الذعر الذي تملّكه حين أدرك أنه فقد طريقه في الصحراء ليلًا.
He could not hide the panic that seized him when he realized he had lost his way in the desert at night.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ذُعْرٌ | أَذْعَارٌ |
| Genitive | ذُعْرٍ | أَذْعَارٍ |
| Accusative | ذُعْرًا | أَذْعَارًا |
| Vocative | يا ذُعْرُ | يا أَذْعَارُ |
Word family
ذَعَرَto frighten, to startle
ذُعِرَto be panicked, to be seized with fright
مَذْعُورterrified, panicked
انْذَعَرَto become panicked
ذَاعِرfrightening, alarming
Etymology
ذُعْر comes from the Arabic triliteral root ذ-ع-ر (ḏ-ʿ-r), which carries the core sense of being startled or struck with fear. The word itself is a maṣdar, a verbal noun, built on the فُعْل pattern directly from the verb ذَعَرَ, to frighten. It is a native Semitic formation, not a borrowing.
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