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شَرِب
to drink /ˈʃa.ri.ba/
verbA1#499 most common
Also: to imbibe, to absorb or soak up, to smoke (colloquial, as in to drink a cigarette)
Example sentences
شَرِبَ الوَلَدُ الحَليبَ.
The boy drank the milk.
هَل شَرِبْتَ القَهوَةَ اليَومَ؟
Did you drink the coffee today?
نَشْرَبُ الشّايَ مَعَ أَصدِقائِنا كُلَّ مَساءٍ.
We drink tea with our friends every evening.
لَو شَرِبْتَ ماءً أَكثَرَ، لَشَعَرْتَ بِتَحَسُّنٍ.
If you drank more water, you would feel better.
لَم يَشرَبوا قَطرَةً واحِدَةً مُنذُ الفَجرِ بِسَبَبِ الصِّيامِ.
They had not drunk a single drop since dawn because of the fast.
مَن شَرِبَ مِن هذا النَّبعِ مَرَّةً، حَنَّ إِلَيهِ طَوالَ حَياتِهِ.
Whoever drank from this spring once longed for it all his life.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَشْرَبُ | شَرِبْتُ | سَأَشْرَبُ |
| 2sg | تَشْرَبُ | شَرِبْتَ | سَتَشْرَبُ |
| 3sg | يَشْرَبُ | شَرِبَ | سَيَشْرَبُ |
| 1pl | نَشْرَبُ | شَرِبْنَا | سَنَشْرَبُ |
| 2pl | تَشْرَبُونَ | شَرِبْتُمْ | سَتَشْرَبُونَ |
| 3pl | يَشْرَبُونَ | شَرِبُوا | سَيَشْرَبُونَ |
Word family
شَرَابdrink, beverage; syrup
مَشْرُوبbeverageشَارِبdrinker; also mustache
مَشْرَبdrinking place, water source
شُرْبdrinking (verbal noun)Etymology
The verb comes from the common Semitic root sh-r-b, which carries the sense of drinking. The related noun شَرَاب (sharāb), meaning a drink, spread far beyond Arabic. Through Medieval Latin it became the source of English 'syrup,' and through Turkish and Italian it gave 'sherbet' and 'sorbet.'
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