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مُتَحَرِّك
moving /mu.taˈħar.rik/
adjectiveB1#2767 most common
Also: mobile, in motion, animated
Example sentences
هذا الكرسي متحرك.
This chair is movable.
الرسوم المتحركة ممتعة للأطفال.
Animated cartoons are fun for children.
السلم المتحرك في المطار معطل.
The escalator at the airport is out of order.
الحرف المتحرك يحمل حركة مثل الفتحة أو الضمة.
A vowelled letter carries a vowel mark such as fatha or damma.
صممت الشركة روبوتًا متحركًا يتفادى العقبات.
The company designed a mobile robot that avoids obstacles.
يُعَدُّ الجسمُ متحركًا إذا تغيّر موضعُه بالنسبة إلى إطار مرجعي عبر الزمن.
A body is considered to be in motion if its position changes relative to a reference frame over time.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُتَحَرِّكٌ | مُتَحَرِّكُونَ |
| Genitive | مُتَحَرِّكٍ | مُتَحَرِّكِينَ |
| Accusative | مُتَحَرِّكًا | مُتَحَرِّكِينَ |
| Vocative | مُتَحَرِّكٌ | مُتَحَرِّكُونَ |
Word family
حَرَكَةmovement, motion; also a short vowel mark
مُحَرِّكengine, motor
حَرَّكَto move something, to set in motion
تَحَرَّكَto move oneself, to stir
ساكِنstill, motionless (common contrast term, different root)Etymology
مُتَحَرِّك comes from the Semitic root ح-ر-ك (ḥ-r-k), which carries the sense of movement or motion. It is the active participle of the Form V verb تَحَرَّكَ (taḥarraka), 'to move oneself, to stir'. The مُ- prefix marks the participle, and the doubled middle radical marks the Form V pattern. This root is native to Arabic and not traced to Proto-Indo-European.
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