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نَهَض
to rise, to stand up, to get up /ˈna.ha.dˤɑ/
verbB1#1844 most common
Also: to wake and rise, to set out (to do something), to rise up, revive
Example sentences
نَهَضَ الوَلَدُ.
The boy stood up.
نَهَضْتُ مُبَكِّرًا اليَوْمَ.
I got up early today.
نَهَضَتِ الفَتاةُ لِتُساعِدَ أُمَّها.
The girl rose to help her mother.
عِنْدَما دَخَلَ المُديرُ، نَهَضَ الجَميعُ اِحْتِرامًا.
When the manager entered, everyone stood up out of respect.
نَهَضَتِ الأُمَّةُ مِنْ كَبْوَتِها بَعْدَ سَنَواتٍ مِنَ الرُّكودِ.
The nation rose from its stumble after years of stagnation.
لَنْ تَنْهَضَ الشُّعوبُ ما لَمْ تُؤْمِنْ بِقُدْرَتِها عَلى التَّغْييرِ.
Peoples will not rise unless they believe in their capacity to change.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَنْهَضُ | نَهَضْتُ | سَأَنْهَضُ |
| 2sg | تَنْهَضُ | نَهَضْتَ | سَتَنْهَضُ |
| 3sg | يَنْهَضُ | نَهَضَ | سَيَنْهَضُ |
| 1pl | نَنْهَضُ | نَهَضْنَا | سَنَنْهَضُ |
| 2pl | تَنْهَضُونَ | نَهَضْتُمْ | سَتَنْهَضُونَ |
| 3pl | يَنْهَضُونَ | نَهَضُوا | سَيَنْهَضُونَ |
Word family
نَهْضَةrevival, renaissance, awakening
نُهوضa rising, getting up
ناهِضrising, emerging
أَنْهَضَto raise up, to make rise
اِسْتَنْهَضَto rouse, to stir to action
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root n-h-ḍ, which carries the sense of rising and lifting. The same root gives the noun nahḍa, the word used for the Arab cultural revival of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The physical meaning of standing up broadened over time into the figurative sense of a people or nation rising.
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