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شَرَح
to explain /ˈʃa.ra.ħa/
verbB1#1407 most common
Also: to expound, to clarify, to comment on
Example sentences
شَرَحَ المُعَلِّمُ الدَّرْسَ.
The teacher explained the lesson.
هَلْ يُمْكِنُكَ أَنْ تَشْرَحَ هَذَا؟
Can you explain this?
شَرَحَتِ الطَّبِيبَةُ سَبَبَ المَرَضِ بِبَساطَةٍ.
The doctor explained the cause of the illness simply.
لَمْ يَشْرَحِ المُحَاضِرُ الفِكْرَةَ بِشَكْلٍ كافٍ.
The lecturer did not explain the idea well enough.
سَأَشْرَحُ لَكُمُ النَّظَرِيَّةَ خُطْوَةً بِخُطْوَةٍ حَتَّى تَتَّضِحَ.
I will explain the theory to you step by step until it becomes clear.
شَرَحَ النَّاقِدُ القَصِيدَةَ شَرْحًا مُفَصَّلًا، مُبْرِزًا مَعانِيَها الخَفِيَّةَ.
The critic expounded the poem in detail, bringing out its hidden meanings.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَشْرَحُ | شَرَحْتُ | سَأَشْرَحُ |
| 2sg | تَشْرَحُ | شَرَحْتَ | سَتَشْرَحُ |
| 3sg | يَشْرَحُ | شَرَحَ | سَيَشْرَحُ |
| 1pl | نَشْرَحُ | شَرَحْنا | سَنَشْرَحُ |
| 2pl | تَشْرَحُونَ | شَرَحْتُمْ | سَتَشْرَحُونَ |
| 3pl | يَشْرَحُونَ | شَرَحُوا | سَيَشْرَحُونَ |
Word family
شَرْحexplanation, commentary
شَارِحexplainer, commentator
شَرِيحةslice, strip, chip, SIM card
مَشْرُوحexplained, set out
اِنْشَرَحَto feel at ease, to be cheered
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root sh-r-ḥ, whose base sense is to cut open or lay a thing flat and open. From laying something open grew the figurative sense of opening up a subject, that is, explaining it. Classical Arabic kept the physical meaning too, as in slicing meat into thin strips.
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