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هَرَب
to flee /ˈha.ra.ba/
verbA1#655 most common
Also: to escape, to run away, to abscond
Example sentences
هَرَبَ الْوَلَدُ.
The boy ran away.
هَرَبَ اللِّصُّ مِنَ الشُّرْطَةِ.
The thief fled from the police.
هَرَبَتِ الْقِطَّةُ مِنَ الْكَلْبِ.
The cat ran away from the dog.
حَاوَلَ السَّجِينُ أَنْ يَهْرُبَ مِنَ السِّجْنِ لَيْلًا.
The prisoner tried to escape from prison at night.
هَرَبَ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ السُّكَّانِ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ بَعْدَ انْدِلَاعِ الْحَرْبِ.
Many residents fled the city after the war broke out.
لَمْ يَجِدِ الْمُتَّهَمُ بُدًّا مِنْ أَنْ يَهْرُبَ خَارِجَ الْبِلَادِ تَفَادِيًا لِلْمُحَاكَمَةِ.
The accused found no choice but to flee abroad to avoid trial.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَهْرُبُ | هَرَبْتُ | سَأَهْرُبُ |
| 2sg | تَهْرُبُ | هَرَبْتَ | سَتَهْرُبُ |
| 3sg | يَهْرُبُ | هَرَبَ | سَيَهْرُبُ |
| 1pl | نَهْرُبُ | هَرَبْنَا | سَنَهْرُبُ |
| 2pl | تَهْرُبُونَ | هَرَبْتُمْ | سَتَهْرُبُونَ |
| 3pl | يَهْرُبُونَ | هَرَبُوا | سَيَهْرُبُونَ |
Word family
هَرَبflight, escape
هَارِبfugitive, runaway
هَرَّبَto smuggle
تَهْرِيبsmugglingمَهْرَبescape route, way out
Etymology
Arabic هَرَب comes from the Semitic root ه-ر-ب, which carries the sense of fleeing or escaping. It is a basic Form I verb: haraba in the past, yahrubu in the present. The same root yields هَارِب (fugitive), تَهْرِيب (smuggling), and مَهْرَب (escape route). Arabic is a Semitic language, so the root has no Proto-Indo-European source.
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