Arabic word sheet
تَفَكَّرَ
To reflect, to ponder
- Type
- verb
- Root
- ف ك ر
Meaning and usage
To reflect, to ponder
To apply one's mind at length to a thing, examining it in thought so as to understand it clearly. Said of a question, an affair, what one sees around oneself.
تَفَكَّرَ سَامِي فِي الْمَسْأَلَةِ طَوِيلًا
Sami thought the problem over for a long time.
Word family
What the root means ف ك ر
The root carries the idea of applying one's mind to a thing in order to understand it. From it come the words for thinking, thought, an idea and reflection.
to think, to reflect
فَكَّرَ
to think
فَكَرَ
to think, to reflect
أَفْكَرَ
thought, thinking
فِكْرٌ
idea
فِكْرَةٌ
thinking, reflection
تَفْكِيرٌ
Synonyms
to contemplate, to consider closely
تَأَمَّلَ
It dwells on a thing to look at it or consider it attentively, with the eyes as much as with the mind; the headword concerns thought alone.
to consider where a thing leads
تَدَبَّرَ
It looks chiefly at what a thing ends in, its outcome and consequences.