Learn Arabic › B2 › مَزَّق
مَزَّق
to tear up, to shred /ˈmazzaqa/
verbB2#3177 most common
Also: to rip apart, to tear to pieces, to tear apart (emotionally)
Example sentences
مَزَّقَ الوَلَدُ الوَرَقَةَ.
The boy tore the paper.
مَزَّقْتُ رِسَالَتَهُ بَعْدَ أَنْ قَرَأْتُهَا.
I tore up his letter after I read it.
لا تُمَزِّقْ كِتَابَكَ، اِعْتَنِ بِهِ.
Don't tear your book, take care of it.
مَزَّقَتِ الرِّيحُ الشِّرَاعَ إِلَى قِطَعٍ صَغِيرَةٍ.
The wind tore the sail into small pieces.
شَعَرَتْ بِأَنَّ الحُزْنَ يُمَزِّقُ قَلْبَهَا.
She felt that grief was tearing her heart apart.
مَزَّقَتِ الحَرْبُ الأَهْلِيَّةُ نَسِيجَ المُجْتَمَعِ.
The civil war tore apart the fabric of society.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُمَزِّقُ | مَزَّقْتُ | سَأُمَزِّقُ |
| 2sg | تُمَزِّقُ | مَزَّقْتَ | سَتُمَزِّقُ |
| 3sg | يُمَزِّقُ | مَزَّقَ | سَيُمَزِّقُ |
| 1pl | نُمَزِّقُ | مَزَّقْنَا | سَنُمَزِّقُ |
| 2pl | تُمَزِّقُونَ | مَزَّقْتُمْ | سَتُمَزِّقُونَ |
| 3pl | يُمَزِّقُونَ | مَزَّقُوا | سَيُمَزِّقُونَ |
Word family
تَمْزِيقtearing, shredding (verbal noun)
مُمَزَّقtorn, shredded
مُمَزِّقone who tears, that which tears apart
مِزْقَةa torn shred or scrap
Etymology
The verb comes from the triliteral Semitic root م-ز-ق (m-z-q), whose core sense is tearing or ripping. It appears here in Form II (فَعَّلَ), the pattern Arabic uses to mark intensive or repeated action. The doubled middle consonant signals not a single tear but repeated tearing, hence the sense of shredding into many pieces.
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