Arabic word sheet
أَرَادَ
he wanted
- Type
- verb
- Root
- ر و د
Meaning and usage
To want, to wish
To have the will or the desire for a thing, or to do something. It is the ordinary verb for saying what one wants.
أَرَادَ سَامِي كُوبًا مِنَ الْمَاءِ.
Sami wanted a glass of water.
To mean, to intend
To have a certain thing in view when speaking or acting. Said of what someone means by a word, a sentence or a gesture.
أَرَادَ الْمُعَلِّمُ بِكَلَامِهِ النَّصِيحَةَ.
The teacher meant his words as advice.
To press someone to
To try to bring someone to do something, urging them to it.
أَرَادَتْ سَلْمَى أَخَاهَا عَلَى السَّفَرِ.
Salma pressed her brother to travel.
Word family
What the root means ر و د
The root carries the idea of going to and fro in search of something. From it come “the scout” sent to look for a good place, “to seek out, to explore”, then “to want”, “the will”, “what one wants” and “to try to win someone over”.
will
إِرَادَةٌ
to try to win over, to coax
رَاوَدَ
scout
رَائِدٌ
to seek out, to explore
اِرْتَادَ
to go looking for
رَادَ
what is wanted, aim
مُرَادٌ
Synonyms
to will
شَاءَ
Very close; it expresses the bare will or decision and is used mostly in set turns such as “if you like”, whereas the headword is the everyday verb for wanting a thing.
to seek, to ask for
طَلَبَ
Always implies a visible step, by act or by word, whereas what the headword expresses may stay in the mind.
Opposites
to dislike, to be unwilling
to refuse
أَبَى