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مُدْرِك
aware, cognizant (one who perceives) /ˈmud.rik/
nounB2#3761 most common
Also: perceiving, realizing, conscious of
Example sentences
هُوَ مُدْرِكٌ لِلْخَطَرِ.
He is aware of the danger.
هِيَ مُدْرِكَةٌ لِأَهَمِّيَّةِ الدِّرَاسَةِ.
She is aware of the importance of studying.
الطُّلَّابُ مُدْرِكُونَ لِمَسْؤُولِيَّاتِهِمْ.
The students are aware of their responsibilities.
لَمْ يَكُنْ مُدْرِكًا لِمَدَى خُطُورَةِ الْمَوْقِفِ.
He was not aware of how serious the situation was.
يَنْبَغِي أَنْ نَكُونَ مُدْرِكِينَ لِلْعَوَاقِبِ الْمُحْتَمَلَةِ لِقَرَارَاتِنَا.
We should be aware of the possible consequences of our decisions.
بَاتَتِ الْحُكُومَةُ مُدْرِكَةً أَنَّ السِّيَاسَاتِ السَّابِقَةَ لَمْ تُحَقِّقِ الاسْتِقْرَارَ الاقْتِصَادِيَّ الْمَنْشُودَ.
The government became aware that its previous policies had not achieved the desired economic stability.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُدْرِكٌ | مُدْرِكُونَ |
| Genitive | مُدْرِكٍ | مُدْرِكِينَ |
| Accusative | مُدْرِكًا | مُدْرِكِينَ |
| Vocative | يَا مُدْرِكُ | يَا مُدْرِكُونَ |
Word family
أَدْرَكَto perceive, realize, attain
إِدْرَاكperception, comprehension, awareness
مُدْرَكsomething perceived, a percept
تَدَارَكَto remedy, to catch up on (a mistake)
دَرَكdepth, bottom (as in the lowest point reached)
Etymology
مُدْرِك is the active participle of the Form IV verb أَدْرَكَ, built on the triliteral Semitic root د-ر-ك (d-r-k), which carries the sense of reaching, catching up to, or attaining something. The causative Form IV pattern turns this into grasping something mentally, that is, perceiving or realizing it. The م- prefix and -ِ- vowel pattern (مُفْعِل) mark it as the doer of that mental reaching.
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