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مُثِير
exciting /muˈθiːr/
nounA1#382 most common
Also: thrilling, provocative, stimulus
Example sentences
هٰذَا مُثِيرٌ.
This is exciting.
الفِيلْمُ مُثِيرٌ جِدًّا.
The film is very exciting.
الكِتَابُ مُثِيرٌ لِلِاهْتِمَامِ.
The book is interesting.
كَانَ خِطَابُهُ مُثِيرًا لِلْجَدَلِ.
His speech was controversial.
يَدْرُسُ عُلَمَاءُ النَّفْسِ اسْتِجَابَةَ الدِّمَاغِ لِكُلِّ مُثِيرٍ خَارِجِيٍّ.
Psychologists study the brain's response to each external stimulus.
تَعَمَّدَ الكَاتِبُ اخْتِيَارَ عُنْوَانٍ مُثِيرٍ لِلْمَشَاعِرِ كَيْ يَجْذِبَ القُرَّاءَ، وَإِنْ بَدَا ذٰلِكَ مُبْتَذَلًا لِبَعْضِ النُّقَّادِ.
The writer deliberately chose a title that stirs the emotions to draw readers, even if that struck some critics as cheap.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُثِيرٌ (muthīrun) | مُثِيرَاتٌ (muthīrātun) |
| Genitive | مُثِيرٍ (muthīrin) | مُثِيرَاتٍ (muthīrātin) |
| Accusative | مُثِيرًا (muthīran) | مُثِيرَاتٍ (muthīrātin) |
| Vocative | يَا مُثِيرُ (yā muthīru) | يَا مُثِيرَاتُ (yā muthīrātu) |
Word family
أَثَارَ (athāra)to stir up, excite, provoke
إِثَارَة (ithāra)excitement, provocation, suspense
ثَوْرَة (thawra)revolution
ثَائِر (thāʾir)rebel; raging
مُثِير لِلْجَدَل (muthīr lil-jadal)controversial
Etymology
مُثِير is the active participle of أَثَارَ, to stir up or provoke, built on the Semitic root ث-و-ر. The same root gives ثَوْرَة, revolution, and ثَوْر, bull. The shared image is something that rises up or charges forward.
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