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شُعُور
feeling /ʃuˈʕuːr/
nounA1#433 most common
Also: sentiment, sensation, awareness
Example sentences
عِنْدِي شُعُورٌ غَرِيب.
I have a strange feeling.
الشُّعُورُ بِالخَوْفِ طَبِيعِيٌّ.
The feeling of fear is natural.
راوَدَني شُعُورٌ بِأَنَّ شَيْئًا سَيَحْدُث.
A feeling came over me that something would happen.
يَنْتابُني شُعُورٌ بِالذَّنْبِ كُلَّما تَذَكَّرْتُ ذٰلِكَ اليَوْم.
A feeling of guilt comes over me whenever I remember that day.
إِنَّ الشُّعُورَ بِالاِنْتِماءِ إِلى الوَطَنِ يَتَجاوَزُ كُلَّ الحُدُودِ السِّياسِيَّة.
The feeling of belonging to one's homeland goes beyond all political boundaries.
ما لَبِثَ ذٰلِكَ الشُّعُورُ الغامِضُ أَنْ تَحَوَّلَ إِلى يَقِينٍ راسِخٍ لا يُزَعْزِعُهُ شَكّ.
That vague feeling soon turned into a firm certainty that no doubt could shake.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شُعُورٌ | شُعُوراتٌ |
| Genitive | شُعُورٍ | شُعُوراتٍ |
| Accusative | شُعُورًا | شُعُوراتٍ |
| Vocative | يا شُعُورُ | يا شُعُوراتُ |
Word family
شَعَرَto feel, to perceive
مَشاعِرfeelings, emotionsشاعِرpoetلاشُعورthe unconscious
اِسْتِشْعارsensing, detection
Etymology
Shuʿūr is a verbal noun from the root sh-ʿ-r, which means to feel, perceive, or be aware. The same root gives shiʿr (poetry) and shāʿir (poet), because the poet was seen as one who perceives keenly. The word follows the Arabic fuʿūl pattern used for many abstract nouns.
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