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أَخَّرَ

to postpone

VerbForm IIRoot ء-خ-ر

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Also written أخر: أَخِر (outcast)

Highlights

Present tense
يُؤَخِّرُ
Verbal noun
تَأْخِير
Active participle
مُؤَخِّر
Passive participle
مُؤَخَّر

Most common words from the same root

Adjective
آخَر
another
Adjective
أَخِير
last
Verb · Form V
تَأَخَّرَ
to go back
Adjective
مُتَأَخِّر
late
Noun
مُؤَخَّرَة
buttocks
Adjective
أَخِر
outcast

أَخَّرَ in English

Verb · Form II

  1. to postpone, to set back, to hold back, to put back, to delay
    إِذَا ٱلسَّمَاءُ ٱنْفَطَرَتْ وَإِذَا ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ ٱنْتَثَرَتْ وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ وَإِذَا ٱلْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْWhen the sky breaks apart, And when the stars commence to scatter, And when the seas gush forth, And when the graves are strewn, A soul will know what it has put forward and what it has set back.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 82:1-5

Word origin

Cognate with Aramaic אחר and Hebrew אַחַר (achár).

Words from the root ء-خ-ر

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

أَخَّرَ · present يُؤَخِّرُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to postpone, to set back, to hold back, to put back, to delay

تَأْخِير
Verbal noun
delay
مُؤَخِّر
Active participle
مُؤَخَّر
Passive participle
buttocks
تَأَخَّرَ · present يَتَأَخَّرُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to go back, to retreat; to be late; to be last, come last

تَأَخُّر
Verbal noun
مُتَأَخِّر
Active participle · Adjective
late
مُتَأَخِّر
Active participle
one who defaults in payment
مُتَأَخَّر
Passive participle
آخَر
Adjective
another
أَخِير
Adjective
last
أَخِر
Adjective
outcast
آخِر
Noun · m.
end
آخِر
Adjective
last
أَخِيرًا
Adverb
finally
آخِرَة
Noun · f.
hereafter
أُخُر
Noun · m.
back part
أُخْرَوِيّ
Adjective
otherworldly

أَخَّرَ conjugation

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

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iأَخَّرْتُأُؤَخِّرُأُؤَخِّرَأُؤَخِّرْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)أَخَّرْتَتُؤَخِّرُتُؤَخِّرَتُؤَخِّرْأَخِّرْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)أَخَّرْتِتُؤَخِّرِينَتُؤَخِّرِيتُؤَخِّرِيأَخِّرِي
هُوَ heأَخَّرَيُؤَخِّرُيُؤَخِّرَيُؤَخِّرْ—
هِيَ sheأَخَّرَتْتُؤَخِّرُتُؤَخِّرَتُؤَخِّرْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoأَخَّرْتُمَاتُؤَخِّرَانِتُؤَخِّرَاتُؤَخِّرَاأَخِّرَا
هُمَا they two (m.)أَخَّرَايُؤَخِّرَانِيُؤَخِّرَايُؤَخِّرَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)أَخَّرَتَاتُؤَخِّرَانِتُؤَخِّرَاتُؤَخِّرَا—
نَحْنُ weأَخَّرْنَانُؤَخِّرُنُؤَخِّرَنُؤَخِّرْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)أَخَّرْتُمْتُؤَخِّرُونَتُؤَخِّرُواتُؤَخِّرُواأَخِّرُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)أَخَّرْتُنَّتُؤَخِّرْنَتُؤَخِّرْنَتُؤَخِّرْنَأَخِّرْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)أَخَّرُوايُؤَخِّرُونَيُؤَخِّرُوايُؤَخِّرُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)أَخَّرْنَيُؤَخِّرْنَيُؤَخِّرْنَيُؤَخِّرْنَ—
Verbal nounتَأْخِير
Active participleمُؤَخِّر
Passive participleمُؤَخَّر

أَخَّرَ in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to postpone

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَاءُ ٱنْفَطَرَتْ وَإِذَا ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ ٱنْتَثَرَتْ وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ وَإِذَا ٱلْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْWhen the sky breaks apart, And when the stars commence to scatter, And when the seas gush forth, And when the graves are strewn, A soul will know what it has put forward and what it has set back.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 82:1-5

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