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هار
to collapse (a wall, roof, or ground caving in) /ˈhaː.ra/
verbB2#4174 most common
Also: to crumble, to cave in, to tumble down
Example sentences
هار الجدار.
The wall collapsed.
هار السقف فجأة.
The roof caved in suddenly.
هارت البيوت القديمة بعد الزلزال.
The old houses collapsed after the earthquake.
خشيت أن يهور الجرف تحت قدمي.
I was afraid the cliff would crumble under my feet.
هار الاقتصاد المحلي بعد الأزمة المالية.
The local economy collapsed after the financial crisis.
لولا الدعامات لهارت المباني المتصدعة منذ زمن طويل.
Had it not been for the supports, the cracked buildings would have collapsed long ago.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَهُورُ | هُرْتُ | سَأَهُورُ |
| 2sg | تَهُورُ | هُرْتَ | سَتَهُورُ |
| 3sg | يَهُورُ | هَارَ | سَيَهُورُ |
| 1pl | نَهُورُ | هُرْنَا | سَنَهُورُ |
| 2pl | تَهُورُونَ | هُرْتُمْ | سَتَهُورُونَ |
| 3pl | يَهُورُونَ | هَارُوا | سَيَهُورُونَ |
Word family
انهارto collapse, break down
انهيارcollapse, breakdown
هارٍcrumbling, on the verge of collapse
مُنْهارcollapsed, in ruins
تهورrecklessness (same root, extended sense of plunging without control)
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root h-w-r, a hollow root whose middle radical waw turns into a long alif in the past tense, giving the form هار. The core sense across its derived forms is a structure giving way and falling inward. Arabic dictionaries and the Quran already use it for a riverbank or wall on the point of crumbling, and later usage extends it to buildings, ground, and even economies.
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