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شَرِير
villain /ʃaˈriːr/
nounA2#912 most common
Also: evildoer, wicked person, the bad guy
Example sentences
هُوَ شَرِير.
He is evil.
في الفِيلْمِ رَجُلٌ شَرِير.
There is an evil man in the film.
الشَّرِيرُ في القِصَّةِ يُريدُ أن يُؤْذِيَ الأطْفال.
The villain in the story wants to harm the children.
حاوَلَ البَطَلُ أن يَهْزِمَ الشَّرِيرَ الذي خَطَفَ الأَميرة.
The hero tried to defeat the villain who kidnapped the princess.
لا يُولَدُ الإنسانُ شَرِيرًا، بَل تَصْنَعُهُ الظُّروف.
A person is not born a villain; circumstances make him one.
يُصَوِّرُ الكاتِبُ الشَّرِيرَ بِعُمْقٍ نَفْسِيٍّ يَجْعَلُ القارِئَ يَتَعاطَفُ مَعَهُ رَغْمَ جَرائِمِهِ.
The author portrays the villain with a psychological depth that makes the reader sympathize with him despite his crimes.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شَرِيرٌ | أَشْرارٌ |
| Genitive | شَرِيرٍ | أَشْرارٍ |
| Accusative | شَرِيرًا | أَشْرارًا |
| Vocative | يا شَرِيرُ | يا أَشْرارُ |
Word family
شَرّ (šarr)evil, harm
شَرِيرة (šarīra)evil woman, female villain
أَشْرار (ašrār)the wicked, evildoers (plural)
شِرّير (širrīr)very wicked, malicious
أَشَرّ (ašarr)more or most evil (comparative)
Etymology
شَرِير comes from the Semitic root š-r-r, which carries the idea of evil and harm. The base noun شَرّ (sharr) means 'evil' or 'harm.' Built on the faʿīl pattern, شَرِير names the person who embodies that evil: a villain or evildoer. Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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