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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 ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgأَصْرُخُصَرَخْتُسَأَصْرُخُ
2sgتَصْرُخُصَرَخْتَسَتَصْرُخُ
3sgيَصْرُخُصَرَخَسَيَصْرُخُ
1plنَصْرُخُصَرَخْناسَنَصْرُخُ
2plتَصْرُخونَصَرَخْتُمْسَتَصْرُخونَ
3plيَصْرُخونَصَرَخواسَيَصْرُخونَ

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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