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مُتْعَب
tired /ˈmutʕab/
adjectiveB1#1421 most common
Also: exhausted, worn out, fatigued
Example sentences
أنا مُتْعَب جداً.
I am very tired.
هي مُتْعَبة بعد العمل الطويل.
She is tired after the long work.
كان الطلاب مُتْعَبين في نهاية الامتحان.
The students were tired at the end of the exam.
بدا المسافرون مُتْعَبين للغاية عندما وصلوا إلى الفندق.
The travelers looked extremely tired when they arrived at the hotel.
رغم أنه كان مُتْعَباً، أصرّ على إكمال رحلته حتى الصباح.
Although he was tired, he insisted on completing his journey until morning.
لم يكن جسده وحده مُتْعَباً، بل كان عقله مُنهَكاً من ثقل القرارات التي تأجّلت طويلاً.
It was not his body alone that was tired; his mind was exhausted by the weight of decisions long postponed.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُتْعَبٌ | مُتْعَبُونَ |
| Genitive | مُتْعَبٍ | مُتْعَبِينَ |
| Accusative | مُتْعَباً | مُتْعَبِينَ |
| Vocative | يا مُتْعَبُ | يا مُتْعَبُونَ |
Word family
تَعَبtiredness, fatigue
تَعِبَto be tired
مُتْعِبtiring, tiresome
أَتْعَبَto tire, to exhaust someone
تَعْبانtired (colloquial)
Etymology
The word grows from the triliteral root ت ع ب, which means weariness and toil. مُتْعَب is the passive participle of the form IV verb أَتْعَبَ, 'to tire' or 'to exhaust.' So it marks someone who has been worn down by effort.
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