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أَدْرَكَ

to reach

VerbForm IVRoot د-ر-ك

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Present tense
يُدْرِكُ
Verbal noun
إِدْرَاك
Active participle
مُدْرِك
Passive participle
مُدْرَك

Most common words from the same root

Noun
دَرَك
gendarmerie
Noun
إِدْرَاك
catching up
Adjective
مُدْرِك
who reaches
Adjective
مُدْرَك
perceived
Noun
دَرْك
depth

أَدْرَكَ in English

Verb · Form IV

  1. to reach, to catch up with, to overcome, to overtake
    1. to aid, to help figurative
      أَدْرِكْنِي يَا اللهُhelp me O God
  2. to grasp, to understand, to realize, to comprehend
  3. to reach some age, especially that of maturity
  4. to live to see, to be contemporaneous with, to be (already or still) alive at some point in time
    وُلِدَ فِي مُنْتَصَفِ ٱلْقَرْنِ ٱلتَّاسِعَ عَشَرَ وَأَدْرَكَ ٱلْحَرْبَ ٱلْعَالَمِيَّةَ ٱلثَّانِيَةَ.He was born in the middle of the 19th century and lived to see World War II.

Words from the root د-ر-ك

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دَرَّكَ · present يُدَرِّكُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to last, to continue (of periodic rains)

تَدْرِيك
Verbal noun
مُدَرِّك
Active participle
أَدْرَكَ · present يُدْرِكُ
Form IV · Causative

to reach, to catch up with, to overcome, to overtake; to grasp, to understand, to realize, to comprehend; to reach some age, especially that of maturity

إِدْرَاك
Verbal noun
catching up
مُدْرِك
Active participle · Adjective
who reaches
مُدْرَك
Passive participle · Adjective
perceived
تَدَارَكَ · present يَتَدَارَكُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to reach to seize, to overtake; to attain; to correct

تَدَارُك
Verbal noun
مُتَدَارِك
Active participle
مُتَدَارَك
Passive participle
اِسْتَدْرَكَ · present يَسْتَدْرِكُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to correct, rectify, emend; to set right, put in order, straighten out

اِسْتِدْرَاك
Verbal noun
مُسْتَدْرِك
Active participle
مُسْتَدْرَك
Passive participle
دَرَك
Noun · m.
gendarmerie
دَرْك
Noun · m.
depth
دَرَكِيّ
Noun · m.
gendarme

أَدْرَكَ conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iأَدْرَكْتُأُدْرِكُأُدْرِكَأُدْرِكْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)أَدْرَكْتَتُدْرِكُتُدْرِكَتُدْرِكْأَدْرِكْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)أَدْرَكْتِتُدْرِكِينَتُدْرِكِيتُدْرِكِيأَدْرِكِي
هُوَ heأَدْرَكَيُدْرِكُيُدْرِكَيُدْرِكْ—
هِيَ sheأَدْرَكَتْتُدْرِكُتُدْرِكَتُدْرِكْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoأَدْرَكْتُمَاتُدْرِكَانِتُدْرِكَاتُدْرِكَاأَدْرِكَا
هُمَا they two (m.)أَدْرَكَايُدْرِكَانِيُدْرِكَايُدْرِكَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)أَدْرَكَتَاتُدْرِكَانِتُدْرِكَاتُدْرِكَا—
نَحْنُ weأَدْرَكْنَانُدْرِكُنُدْرِكَنُدْرِكْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)أَدْرَكْتُمْتُدْرِكُونَتُدْرِكُواتُدْرِكُواأَدْرِكُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)أَدْرَكْتُنَّتُدْرِكْنَتُدْرِكْنَتُدْرِكْنَأَدْرِكْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)أَدْرَكُوايُدْرِكُونَيُدْرِكُوايُدْرِكُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)أَدْرَكْنَيُدْرِكْنَيُدْرِكْنَيُدْرِكْنَ—
Verbal nounإِدْرَاك
Active participleمُدْرِك
Passive participleمُدْرَك

أَدْرَكَ in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to aid

أَدْرِكْنِي يَا اللهُhelp me O God

to live to see

وُلِدَ فِي مُنْتَصَفِ ٱلْقَرْنِ ٱلتَّاسِعَ عَشَرَ وَأَدْرَكَ ٱلْحَرْبَ ٱلْعَالَمِيَّةَ ٱلثَّانِيَةَ.He was born in the middle of the 19th century and lived to see World War II.

From a fully vowelled text

وَالنُّورُ يُضِيءُ فِي الظُّلْمَةِ، وَالظُّلْمَةُ لَمْ تُدْرِكْهُ.And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.John 1:5, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
الأَهْوَالُ تُدْرِكُهُ كَالْمِيَاهِ. لَيْلاً تَخْتَطِفُهُ الزَّوْبَعَةُ.Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.Job 27:20, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَأَمَّا مَتَى أَدْرَكَ الثَّمَرُ، فَلِلْوَقْتِ يُرْسِلُ الْمِنْجَلَ لأَنَّ الْحَصَادَ قَدْ حَضَرَ».But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.Mark 4:29, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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