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كَسَر
to break /ˈka.sa.ra/
verbB1#1549 most common
Also: to smash, to fracture, to break down (a price, resistance)
Example sentences
كَسَرَ الوَلَدُ الكوبَ.
The boy broke the cup.
كَسَرْتُ قلمي في المدرسة اليوم.
I broke my pencil at school today.
كَسَرَ اللاعبُ رِجلَه في المباراة.
The player broke his leg in the match.
كَسَرَ الخبرُ الحزينُ قلبَها في لحظة.
The sad news broke her heart in a moment.
كَسَرَ المتظاهرون حاجزَ الخوف في الميدان.
The protesters broke the barrier of fear in the square.
لولا أنه كَسَرَ احتكارَ السوق لظلّت الأسعارُ مرتفعةً سنواتٍ أُخرى.
Had he not broken the market monopoly, prices would have stayed high for years more.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَكْسِرُ | كَسَرْتُ | سَأَكْسِرُ |
| 2sg | تَكْسِرُ | كَسَرْتَ | سَتَكْسِرُ |
| 3sg | يَكْسِرُ | كَسَرَ | سَيَكْسِرُ |
| 1pl | نَكْسِرُ | كَسَرْنَا | سَنَكْسِرُ |
| 2pl | تَكْسِرُونَ | كَسَرْتُمْ | سَتَكْسِرُونَ |
| 3pl | يَكْسِرُونَ | كَسَرُوا | سَيَكْسِرُونَ |
Word family
كَسْرa break, fracture; a fraction in mathمَكْسُورbroken
كَسَّارةcrusher, nutcracker
اِنْكَسَرَto be broken, to break (intransitive)
كَسِيرbroken, shattered
Etymology
The verb comes from the common Semitic root k-s-r, which carries the sense of breaking or shattering. In Classical and Modern Standard Arabic it follows the basic Form I pattern faʿala. The same root spread into languages that borrowed heavily from Arabic.
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