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سَحَب
to pull /ˈsa.ħa.ba/
verbB1#1404 most common
Also: to drag, to withdraw (money, troops), to retract
Example sentences
سَحَبَ الْوَلَدُ الْحَبْلَ.
The boy pulled the rope.
سَحَبْتُ بَعْضَ الْمَالِ مِنَ الْبَنْكِ.
I withdrew some money from the bank.
سَحَبَتِ الْأُمُّ طِفْلَهَا بَعِيدًا عَنِ السَّيَّارَةِ.
The mother pulled her child away from the car.
قَرَّرَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ أَنْ تَسْحَبَ مُنْتَجَهَا مِنَ السُّوقِ.
The company decided to withdraw its product from the market.
سَحَبَ الْوَزِيرُ تَصْرِيحَهُ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَثَارَ مَوْجَةً مِنَ الِانْتِقَادَاتِ.
The minister retracted his statement after it stirred a wave of criticism.
لَمْ يَكُنْ أَمَامَ الْقَائِدِ سِوَى أَنْ يَسْحَبَ قُوَّاتِهِ تَفَادِيًا لِخَسَائِرَ فَادِحَةٍ كَانَتْ سَتُلْحِقُ الْهَزِيمَةَ بِجَيْشِهِ.
The commander had no choice but to withdraw his forces to avoid heavy losses that would have brought defeat on his army.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَسْحَبُ | سَحَبْتُ | سَأَسْحَبُ |
| 2sg | تَسْحَبُ | سَحَبْتَ | سَتَسْحَبُ |
| 3sg | يَسْحَبُ | سَحَبَ | سَيَسْحَبُ |
| 1pl | نَسْحَبُ | سَحَبْنَا | سَنَسْحَبُ |
| 2pl | تَسْحَبُونَ | سَحَبْتُمْ | سَتَسْحَبُونَ |
| 3pl | يَسْحَبُونَ | سَحَبُوا | سَيَسْحَبُونَ |
Word family
اِنْسَحَبَto withdraw, retreat
سَحْبwithdrawal, pulling, drawingسَاحِبpuller, one who draws
مَسْحُوبpulled, drawn
سَحَّابzipper
Etymology
سَحَبَ comes from the Semitic root s-ḥ-b, which holds the core sense of pulling or dragging. Classical Arabic stretched it to clouds, سَحَاب, pictured as masses dragged across the sky. Later usage added the banking sense of drawing out money and the military sense of pulling back troops.
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