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كَرّ
charge /karr/
nounB1#2165 most common
Also: assault, attack, return to the attack
Example sentences
الكَرُّ صعبٌ.
The charge is hard.
بدأ الكَرُّ في الصباح.
The charge began in the morning.
قاد الفارسُ الكَرَّ نحو العدو.
The horseman led the charge toward the enemy.
الحربُ كَرٌّ وفَرٌّ بين الجيشين.
The war is charge and retreat between the two armies.
لم يثبت العدوُّ أمام كَرِّ الفرسان المتكرر.
The enemy did not hold before the repeated charge of the cavalry.
وصف الشاعرُ كَرَّ الخيلِ وفَرَّها في قصيدةٍ تصف ضراوةَ المعركة.
The poet described the charge and retreat of the horses in a poem depicting the ferocity of the battle.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | كَرٌّ | كُرُور |
| Genitive | كَرٍّ | كُرُورٍ |
| Accusative | كَرًّا | كُرُورًا |
| Vocative | يا كَرُّ | يا كُرُور |
Word family
كَرَّto charge, turn back to attack
كَرَّرَto repeat, to refine
تَكْرارrepetitionمُكَرَّرrepeated, refined
كَرَّةa charge, a time, an instance
Etymology
The noun كَرّ derives from the triliteral root ك-ر-ر, which carries the sense of returning or repeating. From it comes the verb كَرَّ, meaning to charge again or to turn back upon. The military sense of a cavalry charge grew from this idea of turning to attack, seen most often in the classical pair كَرّ وفَرّ, charge and retreat.
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