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نَشَأ

to grow up /ˈnaʃaʔa/

verbB2#3041 most common

Also: to arise, to originate, to come into being

Example sentences

هُوَ نَشَأَ فِي مَدِينَةٍ صَغِيرَةٍ.
He grew up in a small city.
نَشَأْتُ فِي بَيْتٍ كَبِيرٍ مَعَ عَائِلَتِي.
I grew up in a big house with my family.
نَشَأَتْ هَذِهِ الْعَادَةُ مُنْذُ زَمَنٍ بَعِيدٍ.
This custom arose a long time ago.
يَنْشَأُ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النِّزَاعَاتِ بِسَبَبِ سُوءِ الْفَهْمِ.
Many conflicts arise because of misunderstanding.
نَشَأَ الْأَطْفَالُ فِي بِيئَةٍ تُشَجِّعُ عَلَى الْقِرَاءَةِ مُنْذُ الصِّغَرِ.
The children grew up in an environment that encouraged reading from an early age.
تَنْشَأُ التَّحَدِّيَاتُ الِاقْتِصَادِيَّةُ الرَّاهِنَةُ عَنْ تَدَاخُلِ عَوَامِلَ سِيَاسِيَّةٍ وَاجْتِمَاعِيَّةٍ مُعَقَّدَةٍ.
The current economic challenges arise from the interplay of complex political and social factors.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgأَنْشَأُنَشَأْتُسَأَنْشَأُ
2sgتَنْشَأُنَشَأْتَسَتَنْشَأُ
3sgيَنْشَأُنَشَأَسَيَنْشَأُ
1plنَنْشَأُنَشَأْنَاسَنَنْشَأُ
2plتَنْشَأُونَنَشَأْتُمْسَتَنْشَأُونَ
3plيَنْشَأُونَنَشَأُواسَيَنْشَأُونَ

Word family

نَشْأَةupbringing, genesis, formative period
مَنْشَأorigin, place of origin, source
ناشِئyouth, adolescent, emerging
إِنْشَاءcreation, establishment, drafting (from the related verb أَنْشَأَ)
نَاشِئَةrising generation, young female

Etymology

نَشَأ comes from the triliteral Semitic root ن-ش-أ, which carries the sense of coming into existence or rising up. Classical dictionaries link it to the image of something taking shape and beginning to grow, whether a person, a custom, or a state of affairs. Arabic is a Semitic language, not an Indo-European one, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root.

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