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غادَر

to leave, to depart /ˈɣaːdara/

verbA1#349 most common

Also: to depart, to quit (a place), to abandon (a place)

Example sentences

غادَرَ أحمدُ المدرسة.
Ahmed left the school.
غادَرْتُ المنزلَ في الصباحِ الباكر.
I left the house early in the morning.
سَنُغادِرُ المدينةَ غداً بالقطار.
We will leave the city tomorrow by train.
طُلِبَ من الرُّكّابِ أن يُغادِروا الطائرةَ بسرعة.
The passengers were asked to leave the plane quickly.
قرّرتْ أن تُغادِرَ وظيفتَها بحثاً عن فرصةٍ أفضل.
She decided to leave her job in search of a better opportunity.
لم يكن أمامه خيارٌ سوى أن يُغادِرَ وطنَه الذي أحبّه طَوالَ حياته.
He had no choice but to leave the homeland he had loved all his life.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgأُغادِرُغادَرْتُسَأُغادِرُ
2sgتُغادِرُغادَرْتَسَتُغادِرُ
3sgيُغادِرُغادَرَسَيُغادِرُ
1plنُغادِرُغادَرْناسَنُغادِرُ
2plتُغادِرونَغادَرْتُمسَتُغادِرونَ
3plيُغادِرونَغادَرواسَيُغادِرونَ

Word family

مُغادَرةdeparture
مُغادِرdeparting person, one who leaves
يُغادِرhe leaves (present)
صالة المُغادَرةdeparture lounge

Etymology

The verb comes from the triliteral Arabic root غ-د-ر. In form I the root carries the sense of breaking faith or abandoning a duty, hence غَدَرَ, to betray. The form III pattern فاعَلَ shifts the meaning to a plain physical one: to leave a place, to depart. The related noun غَدير, a pool, names the water left behind after a flood.

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