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مَشَى
to walk /ˈma.ʃaː/
verbA2#962 most common
Also: to go on foot, to march, to walk along
Example sentences
مَشَى الوَلَدُ.
The boy walked.
مَشَى أَبِي إِلَى السُّوقِ.
My father walked to the market.
مَشَيْنا في الحَديقَةِ صَباحاً.
We walked in the park in the morning.
مَشَتِ الفَتاةُ بِبُطْءٍ نَحْوَ البَيْتِ بَعْدَ يَوْمٍ طَويلٍ.
The girl walked slowly toward the house after a long day.
مَشَى المُتَظاهِرونَ في الشَّوارِعِ مُطالِبينَ بِالعَدالَةِ.
The protesters marched through the streets demanding justice.
مَشَى على خُطى أَبيهِ، فَأَصْبَحَ طَبيباً مَرْموقاً.
He walked in his father's footsteps and became a distinguished doctor.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَمْشِي | مَشَيْتُ | سَأَمْشِي |
| 2sg | تَمْشِي | مَشَيْتَ | سَتَمْشِي |
| 3sg | يَمْشِي | مَشَى | سَيَمْشِي |
| 1pl | نَمْشِي | مَشَيْنا | سَنَمْشِي |
| 2pl | تَمْشُونَ | مَشَيْتُمْ | سَتَمْشُونَ |
| 3pl | يَمْشُونَ | مَشَوْا | سَيَمْشُونَ |
Word family
مَشْيwalking (verbal noun)
مِشْيَةgait, manner of walking
مَمْشَىwalkway, promenade
ماشٍwalking, on foot; pedestrian
مَشَّىto make (someone) walk
Etymology
مَشَى comes from the triliteral Semitic root م-ش-ي (m-sh-y), which carries the sense of walking or going on foot. The same root yields the verbal noun مَشْي (walking) and the causative مَشَّى (to make someone walk). It is core vocabulary for motion in Arabic and has been in continuous use since the earliest texts.
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