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مُرِيع
terrifying, dreadful /muˈriːʕ/
adjectiveB1#2378 most common
Also: horrifying, appalling, frightful
Example sentences
كان اليوم مُرِيعًا.
The day was dreadful.
شاهدنا حادثًا مُرِيعًا في الشارع.
We saw a terrible accident in the street.
كان المنظر مُرِيعًا لدرجة أنني لم أستطع النوم.
The sight was so terrifying that I could not sleep.
وصف الناجون التجربة بأنها كانت مُرِيعة.
The survivors described the experience as horrifying.
تركت الحرب آثارًا مُرِيعة على حياة السكان المدنيين.
The war left dreadful effects on the lives of civilians.
على الرغم من فداحة الكارثة المُرِيعة، تكاتف الأهالي لإعادة بناء ما دمّرته الفيضانات.
Despite the severity of the dreadful disaster, residents banded together to rebuild what the floods had destroyed.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُرِيعٌ | مُرِيعُونَ |
| Genitive | مُرِيعٍ | مُرِيعِينَ |
| Accusative | مُرِيعًا | مُرِيعِينَ |
| Vocative | يَا مُرِيعُ | يَا مُرِيعُونَ |
Word family
أَرَاعَto frighten, terrify (form IV)
رَاعَto startle, alarm (form I)
رَوَّعَto terrify intensely (form II)
مُرَوِّعterrifying
رَوْعfright, alarm
Etymology
مُرِيع is the active participle of أَرَاعَ, the form IV verb built on the root ر-و-ع, which covers fright, alarm, and being startled. Because the middle root letter is a weak و, the hollow-verb pattern shifts it to ي in this form, giving مُرِيع rather than a form with و. The word entered common use as the standard adjective for something that strikes onlookers with terror or shock.
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