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كُرْه
aversion (dislike, reluctance) /ˈkurh/
nounB2#3947 most common
Also: dislike, hatred, unwillingness
Example sentences
أَكَلَ الطَّعامَ بِكُرْهٍ.
He ate the food with distaste.
تَذْهَبُ إِلَى العَمَلِ كُرْهًا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.
She goes to work reluctantly every day.
شَعَرَ بِكُرْهٍ شَدِيدٍ تِجاهَ الكَذِبِ.
He felt a strong aversion toward lying.
وافَقَ عَلَى القَرارِ كُرْهًا لَا طَوْعًا.
He agreed to the decision unwillingly, not willingly.
كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ القِتالُ وَهُوَ كُرْهٌ لَكُمْ.
Fighting has been prescribed for you, though it is hateful to you.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ كُرْهِهِ لِلنِّظامِ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ الْتَزَمَ بِهِ حِفاظًا عَلَى وَحْدَةِ الفَرِيقِ.
Despite his aversion to the system, he stuck to it to preserve the team's unity.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | كُرْهٌ | None |
| Genitive | كُرْهٍ | None |
| Accusative | كُرْهًا | None |
| Vocative | None | None |
Word family
كَرِهَto dislike, hate
كَارِهreluctant, unwilling
مَكْرُوهdisliked, disagreeable; (in Islamic law) discouragedكَرَاهِيَةhatred, aversion
كَرِيهrepulsive, disgustingEtymology
كُرْه comes from the Semitic root ك-ر-ه (k-r-h), which carries the sense of hating, disliking, or being forced into something against one's will. It is the masdar, or verbal noun, of the verb كَرِهَ (kariha), "he disliked, he hated." The root appears throughout the Quran and classical Arabic, often in the fixed pairing of willing versus forced action.
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