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صَرَخ
to scream /ˈsˤa.ra.xa/
verbA2#1160 most common
Also: to shout, to yell, to cry out
Example sentences
صَرَخَ الوَلَدُ.
The boy screamed.
صَرَخَتِ الأُمُّ بِصَوْتٍ عالٍ.
The mother shouted in a loud voice.
صَرَخَ الطِّفْلُ عِنْدَما رَأى الكَلْبَ.
The child screamed when he saw the dog.
صَرَخَتِ الجُموعُ مُطالِبَةً بِالحُرِّيَّةِ.
The crowds shouted, demanding freedom.
صَرَخَ في وَجْهِ مُديرِهِ ثُمَّ نَدِمَ على ذلك.
He shouted in his manager's face and then regretted it.
لَوْلا أنَّهُ صَرَخَ مُحَذِّراً لَوَقَعَتِ الكارِثَةُ.
Had he not screamed a warning, the catastrophe would have happened.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَصْرُخُ | صَرَخْتُ | سَأَصْرُخُ |
| 2sg | تَصْرُخُ | صَرَخْتَ | سَتَصْرُخُ |
| 3sg | يَصْرُخُ | صَرَخَ | سَيَصْرُخُ |
| 1pl | نَصْرُخُ | صَرَخْنا | سَنَصْرُخُ |
| 2pl | تَصْرُخونَ | صَرَخْتُمْ | سَتَصْرُخونَ |
| 3pl | يَصْرُخونَ | صَرَخوا | سَيَصْرُخونَ |
Word family
صُراخscreaming, shouting
صَرْخَةa scream, a single cry
صارِخblatant, glaring
استَصْرَخَto call out for help
صَريخa cry for help
Etymology
صَرَخ comes from the common Semitic root ṣ-r-ḵ, tied to crying out and shouting. The same root appears in Hebrew צָרַח, to cry shrilly. The verb has carried the sense of a loud, sharp cry since the earliest Arabic.
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