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شَعَر
to feel /ˈʃaʕara/
verbA1#126 most common
Also: to sense, to perceive, to notice, realize
Example sentences
أَشْعُرُ بِالْبَرْدِ.
I feel cold.
شَعَرَتْ بِالْخَوْفِ.
She felt afraid.
مَتَى بَدَأْتَ تَشْعُرُ بِالْأَلَمِ؟
When did you start to feel the pain?
شَعَرْنَا بِالْفَخْرِ عِنْدَمَا فَازَ فَرِيقُنَا.
We felt proud when our team won.
لَمْ يَشْعُرْ بِأَنَّ أَحَدًا كَانَ يُرَاقِبُهُ.
He did not feel that anyone was watching him.
كُلَّمَا تَقَدَّمَ بِهِ الْعُمْرُ، شَعَرَ بِأَنَّ الزَّمَنَ يَمُرُّ أَسْرَعَ مِمَّا كَانَ يَتَخَيَّلُ.
The older he grew, the more he felt that time was passing faster than he had imagined.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَشْعُرُ | شَعَرْتُ | سَأَشْعُرُ |
| 2sg | تَشْعُرُ | شَعَرْتَ | سَتَشْعُرُ |
| 3sg | يَشْعُرُ | شَعَرَ | سَيَشْعُرُ |
| 1pl | نَشْعُرُ | شَعَرْنَا | سَنَشْعُرُ |
| 2pl | تَشْعُرُونَ | شَعَرْتُمْ | سَتَشْعُرُونَ |
| 3pl | يَشْعُرُونَ | شَعَرُوا | سَيَشْعُرُونَ |
Word family
شُعُورfeeling, sense, consciousnessشاعِرpoetشِعْرpoetryمَشاعِرfeelings, emotions
أَشْعَرَto notify, make someone aware
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root ش-ع-ر (š-ʿ-r), whose core sense is to know or perceive through the senses. The same root produces شِعْر, poetry, and شاعِر, poet, on the idea that the poet perceives what others miss. In use it almost always takes the preposition بِ to name the thing felt.
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