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هُرُوب
escape /huˈruːb/
nounB1#1415 most common
Also: flight, fleeing, getaway
Example sentences
الهُرُوب صَعْب.
Escape is hard.
فَكَّرَ في الهُرُوب.
He thought about escaping.
حاوَلَ السَّجين الهُرُوب لَيْلاً.
The prisoner tried to escape at night.
كانَ الهُرُوب من الواقِع طَريقَتَهُ في التَّعامُل مع المَشاكِل.
Escaping from reality was his way of dealing with problems.
وَصَفَ الكاتِبُ مَشهَدَ الهُرُوب بِتَفاصيلَ دَقيقَةٍ تَجعَلُ القارِئَ يَلهَث.
The writer described the escape scene with precise details that leave the reader breathless.
إنَّ الهُرُوب من المُساءَلَةِ لا يُلْغي المَسؤولِيَّةَ بل يُؤَجِّلُ مُواجَهَتَها فَحَسْب.
Escaping accountability does not cancel responsibility but merely postpones the reckoning.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | هُرُوبٌ | — |
| Genitive | هُرُوبٍ | — |
| Accusative | هُرُوباً | — |
| Vocative | يا هُرُوبُ | — |
Word family
هَرَبَto flee, run away
هارِبfugitive, runawayمَهْرَبescape route, refuge
تَهْريبsmuggling
هَرَّبَto smuggle
Etymology
هُرُوب is a verbal noun (masdar) from the triliteral root ه-ر-ب, meaning to flee or run away. The root carries the core sense of rapid departure from danger or captivity. It appears across Classical and Modern Standard Arabic with little change in meaning.
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