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طَرَد
to drive away, expel /tˤaˈra.da/
verbB1#2151 most common
Also: to chase off, to banish, to dismiss
Example sentences
طَرَدَ الكَلْبَ.
He drove the dog away.
طَرَدَتِ المُعَلِّمَةُ الوَلَدَ مِنَ الصَّفِّ.
The teacher sent the boy out of the class.
طَرَدَ صاحِبُ البَيْتِ القِطَّةَ إِلى الشارِعِ.
The landlord chased the cat out into the street.
قَرَّرَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ أَنْ تَطْرُدَ الموظَّفَ بَعْدَ تَكْرارِ الأَخْطاءِ.
The company decided to dismiss the employee after his repeated mistakes.
لَنْ يَطْرُدُوا المُتَظاهِرِينَ مِنَ السّاحَةِ دُونَ مُواجَهَةٍ.
They will not drive the protesters from the square without a confrontation.
كُلَّما حاوَلَ أَنْ يَطْرُدَ الشُّكوكَ مِنْ رَأْسِهِ عادَتْ أَقْوى مِمّا كانَتْ.
Whenever he tried to banish the doubts from his mind, they came back stronger than before.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَطْرُدُ | طَرَدْتُ | سَأَطْرُدُ |
| 2sg | تَطْرُدُ | طَرَدْتَ | سَتَطْرُدُ |
| 3sg | يَطْرُدُ | طَرَدَ | سَيَطْرُدُ |
| 1pl | نَطْرُدُ | طَرَدْنَا | سَنَطْرُدُ |
| 2pl | تَطْرُدُونَ | طَرَدْتُمْ | سَتَطْرُدُونَ |
| 3pl | يَطْرُدُونَ | طَرَدُوا | سَيَطْرُدُونَ |
Word family
طَرْدexpulsion; parcel
طَارِدrepellent, driving away
مَطْرُودexpelled, cast out
طَرِيدَةprey, quarry
اِطَّرَدَto be steady, to follow a regular pattern
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root ṭ-r-d, which carries the sense of pushing or driving something away. It is the standard Form I verb of that root in Arabic. The related noun ṭard means both an expulsion and, in modern usage, a mailed parcel, the thing sent off.
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