صار become in Arabic
صار is how you say “become” in Arabic.
Root ص ر ي ṣ-r-y. verb (form I). ṣāra.
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Meaning of become in Arabic
- to become; to turn into Marks a change from one state to another, as in 'X ṣāra Y' — 'X became Y.'
Example sentence
مِثَال تولد الطَّاعَة ونموها وتزايدها كَمثل نواة غرستها فَصَارَت شَجَرَة ثمَّ أثمرت فَأكلت ثَمَرهَا وغرست نَوَاهَا،
The example of the birth, growth, and increase of obedience is like a seed you plant, which becomes a tree, then it bears fruit, and you eat its fruit and plant its seeds,
فَصَارَت which becomes
fa- = 'so, then'; past-tense verb 'became'; the '-at' ending marks the feminine subject (the seed) — 'so it became'.
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How it is used
Marks a change of state and is used throughout Arabic prose wherever English would use 'become' or 'turn into.'
Words from the same root
- صَرِىَ water or milk left standing and gone stale
- صَرَّى to let an animal's milk collect in the udder
- أَصْرَى to sell an animal with milk pooled in its udder
- مُصَرَّاةٌ an animal whose milk was pooled before sale
- صَرًى water that has stood and turned stale
More example sentences
فَإِنْ وُجِدَ ذَلِكَ انْغَمَرَ ذِكْرُ الْهَوَى فِي حَقِّ هَذَا الشَّخْصِ وَصَارَ مُسْتَعْمَلا لِلْمَصَالِحِ
If such a person is found, the mention of desire fades in his case, and it becomes directed toward what is beneficial.
وَصَارَ and became
'wa-' = 'and'; past-tense verb 'sara' = 'became', subject 'it' built in.
هكذا تصيرُ العاداتُ عبادات لقمةٌ تبدأُ بـبِسمِ الله فتُرزَق بركتها،
This is how habits become acts of worship: a morsel begins with 'In the name of Allah' and is blessed with its barakah,
تَصِيرُ become
Present 'become', subject inside; one of the 'turn into' verbs that takes a predicate naming what something turns into. Feminine shape agreeing with 'habits'.
فقال ثم صار المتأخرون بعد ذلك قد يتناظرون في أنواع التأويل والقياس بما يؤثر في ظن بعض الناس،
and he said: "Then later generations debated forms of interpretation and analogy that influence the thinking of some,
صَارَ he became
Past 'became, came to', subject 'the later ones' next; a 'turn into' verb, here taking a following verb-clause as its predicate.
Common questions
- How do you say "become" in Arabic?
- صار (ṣāra).
- What does the root ص ر ي (ṣ-r-y) mean?
- In Lane's Lexicon it centers on water or milk left standing until it turned stale or was left to collect.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).