Arabic word sheet
شَعَرَ
To perceive, to notice
- Type
- verb
- Root
- ش ع ر
Meaning and usage
To perceive, to notice
To notice a thing through the senses, to feel that it is there. The verb takes a preposition before the thing perceived.
شَعَرَ الطَّالِبُ بِالْبَرْدِ.
The student felt the cold.
To know, to realise
To have knowledge of a thing, to understand it, to grasp it down to its details.
شَعَرَ رَامِي بِأَنَّ الدَّرْسَ صَعْبٌ.
Rami realised that the lesson is difficult.
To compose poetry
To compose or recite poetry.
شَعَرَ الرَّجُلُ فِي حُبِّ قَرْيَتِهِ.
The man composed verses about his love for his village.
To feel (an emotion) modern usage
In today's language, to experience a feeling or a state: joy, tiredness, fear.
شَعَرَتْ سَلْمَى بِالْفَرَحِ.
Salma felt joy.
Word family
What the root means ش ع ر
The root carries the idea of fine perception, of catching what escapes others. From it come feeling, poetry and the poet, and making someone aware; another branch of the family names hair and what lies next to the skin.
feeling, awareness
شُعُورٌ
poetry
شِعْرٌ
poet
شَاعِرٌ
to make aware, to inform
أَشْعَرَ
hair
شَعْرٌ
garment worn next to the skin
شِعَارٌ
Synonyms
to know
It speaks of sure knowledge, whatever its source, whereas the headword suggests something sensed or half-guessed.
to catch on, to grasp
فَطِنَ
It implies quickness of mind: one grasps from a hint what is left unsaid.
Opposites
to be unaware, to pay no heed
غَفَلَ