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غَرِق
to drown / to sink /ˈɣa.ri.qa/
verbB1#2509 most common
Also: to sink (intransitive), to be submerged, to be engrossed (in)
Example sentences
الولد غَرِق في البحر.
The boy drowned in the sea.
غَرِقَت السفينة أمس.
The ship sank yesterday.
كان يسبح ثم غَرِق فجأة.
He was swimming, then he suddenly went under.
غَرِقَت المدينة بالكامل بعد الفيضان.
The city was completely submerged after the flood.
أوشك الصياد أن يَغرَق لولا تدخّل زملائه.
The fisherman nearly drowned, had his colleagues not stepped in.
غَرِق في أفكاره حتى نسي موعده المهم.
He became so absorbed in his thoughts that he forgot his important appointment.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَغرَق | غَرِقتُ | سَأَغرَق |
| 2sg | تَغرَق | غَرِقتَ | سَتَغرَق |
| 3sg | يَغرَق | غَرِق | سَيَغرَق |
| 1pl | نَغرَق | غَرِقنا | سَنَغرَق |
| 2pl | تَغرَقون | غَرِقتُم | سَتَغرَقون |
| 3pl | يَغرَقون | غَرِقوا | سَيَغرَقون |
Word family
غَرَق (gharaq)drowning, sinking
غَريق (gharīq)a drowned person, a drowning victim
أَغرَقَ (aghraqa)to sink or flood something; also to dump goods below cost (economic term)
إغراق (ighrāq)flooding; economic dumping
غارِق (ghāriq)sinking, submerged, engrossed
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root gh-r-q (غ ر ق), a core Arabic root tied to water overwhelming something. The verb follows the fa'ila pattern, a vowel pattern Arabic reserves for verbs of affliction or temporary bodily and emotional states, such as being tired or being happy. Over time the root extended from the literal sense of sinking to a figurative one: being engrossed in thought, debt, or sleep.
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