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مُرْعِب
terrifying /ˈmurʕib/
adjectiveB1#2878 most common
Also: frightening, horrifying, scary
Example sentences
هذا الفيلمُ مُرْعِب.
This film is terrifying.
القصةُ مُرْعِبة جداً.
The story is very scary.
سمعتُ صوتاً مُرْعِباً في الليل.
I heard a terrifying sound at night.
كانت التجربةُ مُرْعِبة لدرجة أنني لم أستطع النوم.
The experience was so terrifying that I couldn't sleep.
يواجه الأطفالُ أحياناً كوابيسَ مُرْعِبة تعكس مخاوفهم اليومية.
Children sometimes face terrifying nightmares that reflect their daily fears.
أدرك الفلاسفةُ منذ القدم أنّ مواجهة المجهول قد تكون مُرْعِبة بقدر ما هي ضرورية للنموّ الفكري.
Philosophers have long understood that confronting the unknown can be as terrifying as it is necessary for intellectual growth.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُرْعِبٌ | مُرْعِبُونَ |
| Genitive | مُرْعِبٍ | مُرْعِبِينَ |
| Accusative | مُرْعِباً | مُرْعِبِينَ |
| Vocative | يَا مُرْعِبُ | يَا مُرْعِبُونَ |
Word family
Etymology
مُرْعِب comes from the Arabic root ر-ع-ب (r-ʕ-b), which carries the core sense of fear and terror. The verb أَرْعَبَ, built on Form IV of this root, means to terrify or strike someone with fear. مُرْعِب is the active participle of that verb, so it literally names something that produces terror. The root is Semitic, not Indo-European, so it has no PIE ancestor.
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