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مُضْطَرِب
disturbed / agitated (person) /ˈmʊdˤ.tˤɑ.rɪb/
nounB2#3235 most common
Also: turbulent one, unstable individual, troubled person
Example sentences
هو مضطرب اليوم.
He is upset today.
البحر مضطرب.
The sea is rough.
كانت حالته الصحية مضطربة.
His health condition was unstable.
يشعر الطالب بأنه مضطرب قبل الامتحان.
The student feels agitated before the exam.
الأسواق المالية مضطربة بسبب الأزمة الاقتصادية.
The financial markets are turbulent because of the economic crisis.
يعاني بعض المرضى من حالة نفسية مضطربة تستدعي تدخلاً علاجياً متخصصاً.
Some patients suffer from a disturbed psychological state that requires specialized therapeutic intervention.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُضْطَرِبٌ | مُضْطَرِبُونَ |
| Genitive | مُضْطَرِبٍ | مُضْطَرِبِينَ |
| Accusative | مُضْطَرِبًا | مُضْطَرِبِينَ |
| Vocative | يَا مُضْطَرِبُ | يَا مُضْطَرِبُونَ |
Word family
اضطربto be disturbed, agitated, or in turmoil
يضطربis being disturbed, becomes agitated
اضطرابdisturbance, turmoil, disorder
مضطربةdisturbed, agitated (feminine form)
ضربto hit, strike
Etymology
مضطرب is the active participle of the Form VIII verb اضطرب, built on the triliteral root ض ر ب, which carries the basic sense of striking or hitting. Form VIII normally inserts a ت after the first root letter, but that ت assimilates to the emphatic ط when it follows an emphatic consonant like ض, a regular sound rule in Arabic. Over time the verb shifted from a physical sense to an abstract one, so instead of meaning to be struck, it came to mean to be shaken or thrown into turmoil.
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