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طارَد
to chase /ˈtˤaː.ra.da/
verbB1#2297 most common
Also: to pursue, to hunt down, to haunt (figurative)
Example sentences
القِطُّ طارَدَ الفَأْر.
The cat chased the mouse.
طارَدَ الوَلَدُ الكَلْبَ في الحَديقة.
The boy chased the dog in the garden.
طارَدَتِ الشُّرطةُ اللِّصَّ في الشّارع.
The police chased the thief down the street.
ظَلَّ يُطارِدُ حُلْمَهُ رَغْمَ كُلِّ الصُّعوبات.
He kept pursuing his dream despite all the difficulties.
طارَدَتْهُ ذِكْرَياتُ الماضي طَوالَ حَياتِهِ.
The memories of the past haunted him all his life.
تُطارِدُ السُّلُطاتُ المُهَرِّبينَ عَبْرَ الحُدودِ الجَبَلِيّةِ الوَعِرة.
The authorities pursue the smugglers across the rugged mountain borders.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُطارِدُ | طارَدْتُ | سَأُطارِدُ |
| 2sg | تُطارِدُ | طارَدْتَ | سَتُطارِدُ |
| 3sg | يُطارِدُ | طارَدَ | سَيُطارِدُ |
| 1pl | نُطارِدُ | طارَدْنا | سَنُطارِدُ |
| 2pl | تُطارِدونَ | طارَدْتُم | سَتُطارِدونَ |
| 3pl | يُطارِدونَ | طارَدوا | سَيُطارِدونَ |
Word family
مُطارَدةchase, pursuit
طارِدpursuing; centrifugal, repelling
طَرَدَto expel, drive out
طَريدةprey, quarry
طَرْدexpulsion; parcelEtymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root ṭ-r-d, which carries the sense of driving away and expelling. طارَدَ is the Form III pattern of that root, and it shifts the meaning toward sustained pursuit rather than a single act of expulsion. The same root appears across the Semitic family with related meanings of banishing and driving off.
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