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عَوَّد
to accustom (someone to something), to get someone used to /ʕawˈwada/
verbB2#3044 most common
Also: to habituate, to train (someone into a habit)
Example sentences
عَوَّدَتْنِي أُمِّي عَلَى النَّظَافَةِ.
My mother accustomed me to cleanliness.
عَوَّدَ الأَبُ أَبْنَاءَهُ عَلَى الاسْتِيقَاظِ بَاكِرًا.
The father got his children used to waking up early.
يَجِبُ أَنْ نُعَوِّدَ أَنْفُسَنَا عَلَى القِرَاءَةِ يَوْمِيًّا.
We must accustom ourselves to reading every day.
عَوَّدَتْنَا الحَيَاةُ فِي المَدِينَةِ عَلَى السُّرْعَةِ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ.
Life in the city has accustomed us to speed in everything.
حَاوَلَتِ المُعَلِّمَةُ أَنْ تُعَوِّدَ طُلَّابَهَا عَلَى التَّفْكِيرِ النَّقْدِيِّ مُنْذُ الصِّغَرِ.
The teacher tried to accustom her students to critical thinking from a young age.
لَطَالَمَا عَوَّدَنَا المُجْتَمَعُ عَلَى قُبُولِ الأَعْرَافِ دُونَ مُسَاءَلَتِهَا، وَهُوَ مَا يَسْتَدْعِي إِعَادَةَ نَظَرٍ نَقْدِيَّةٍ.
Society has long accustomed us to accepting norms without questioning them, and this calls for critical reexamination.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُعَوِّدُ | عَوَّدْتُ | سَأُعَوِّدُ |
| 2sg | تُعَوِّدُ | عَوَّدْتَ | سَتُعَوِّدُ |
| 3sg | يُعَوِّدُ | عَوَّدَ | سَيُعَوِّدُ |
| 1pl | نُعَوِّدُ | عَوَّدْنَا | سَنُعَوِّدُ |
| 2pl | تُعَوِّدُونَ | عَوَّدْتُمْ | سَتُعَوِّدُونَ |
| 3pl | يُعَوِّدُونَ | عَوَّدُوا | سَيُعَوِّدُونَ |
Word family
عَادَةhabit, custom
اِعْتَادَto become accustomed to
تَعَوَّدَto get used to, become habituated
مُعْتَادaccustomed, usual
عِيدfeast, holidayEtymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root ʿ-w-d, whose basic sense is to return or to recur. Arabic builds عَوَّد in Form II, which doubles the middle root letter to mark a causative meaning: to make someone return repeatedly to a practice until it sticks. That is how a root about returning ends up meaning to accustom or habituate.
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