مُرَاوَدَة
courting
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Highlights
Present tense
يُرِيدُ
Verbal noun
إِرَادَة
Active participle
مُرِيد
Passive participle
مُرَاد
Most common words from the same root
أَرَادَ in English
Verb · Form IV
- to want, will
أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَنْصَرِفَ.I want to leave.الشَّعْبُ يُرِيدُ إِسْقَاطَ النِّظَامِ.The people want the toppling of the regime.وَاَنَّا لَا نَدْر۪ٓي اَشَرٌّ اُر۪يدَ بِمَنْ فِي الْاَرْضِ اَمْ اَرَادَ بِهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ رَشَداً.And we know not whether harm is boded unto all who are in the Earth, or whether their Lord intendeth guidance for them.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 72:10
- to be about to figurative
فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِدَارًا يُرِيدُ أَن يَنْقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُThere they found a wall ready to collapse, so the man set it right.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:77
Words from the root ر-و-د
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رَاوَدَ
· present يُرَاوِدُ
Form III · Done to or with someone
to try to convince or persuade (ه someone) (عن-ه about-someone/something); to try to tempt, entice or seduce; to turn (someone) [with عَنْ (ʕan) ‘from’][with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘to’]
رِوَاد
مُرَاوِد
مُرَاوَد
to want, will; to be about to
إِرَادَة
will
مُرِيد
follower
مُرَاد
wanted
مُرَاد
desire
إِرَادِيّ
intentional
اِرْتَادَ
· present يَرْتَادُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to frequent or patronize a place; to come, to repair, to betake to a place; to seek, to aspire to, to strive for
اِرْتِيَاد
مُرْتَاد
مُرْتَاد
رُوَيْدًا
Form
act slowly, gently, leisurely towards!
أَرَادَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | أَرَدْتُ | أُرِيدُ | أُرِيدَ | أُرِدْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | أَرَدْتَ | تُرِيدُ | تُرِيدَ | تُرِدْ | أَرِدْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | أَرَدْتِ | تُرِيدِينَ | تُرِيدِي | تُرِيدِي | أَرِيدِي |
| هُوَ he | أَرَادَ | يُرِيدُ | يُرِيدَ | يُرِدْ | — |
| هِيَ she | أَرَادَتْ | تُرِيدُ | تُرِيدَ | تُرِدْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | أَرَدْتُمَا | تُرِيدَانِ | تُرِيدَا | تُرِيدَا | أَرِيدَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | أَرَادَا | يُرِيدَانِ | يُرِيدَا | يُرِيدَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | أَرَادَتَا | تُرِيدَانِ | تُرِيدَا | تُرِيدَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | أَرَدْنَا | نُرِيدُ | نُرِيدَ | نُرِدْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | أَرَدْتُمْ | تُرِيدُونَ | تُرِيدُوا | تُرِيدُوا | أَرِيدُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | أَرَدْتُنَّ | تُرِدْنَ | تُرِدْنَ | تُرِدْنَ | أَرِدْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | أَرَادُوا | يُرِيدُونَ | يُرِيدُوا | يُرِيدُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | أَرَدْنَ | يُرِدْنَ | يُرِدْنَ | يُرِدْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | إِرَادَة |
|---|---|
| Active participle | مُرِيد |
| Passive participle | مُرَاد |
أَرَادَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to want
أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَنْصَرِفَ.I want to leave.
to want
الشَّعْبُ يُرِيدُ إِسْقَاطَ النِّظَامِ.The people want the toppling of the regime.
to want
وَاَنَّا لَا نَدْر۪ٓي اَشَرٌّ اُر۪يدَ بِمَنْ فِي الْاَرْضِ اَمْ اَرَادَ بِهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ رَشَداً.And we know not whether harm is boded unto all who are in the Earth, or whether their Lord intendeth guidance for them.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 72:10
to be about to
فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِدَارًا يُرِيدُ أَن يَنْقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُThere they found a wall ready to collapse, so the man set it right.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:77
From a fully vowelled text
فَقَالاَ لَهُ: «أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ أَنْ نُعِدَّ؟».And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?Luke 22:9, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَقَالَ لَهُمَا: «مَاذَا تُرِيدَانِ أَنْ أَفْعَلَ لَكُمَا؟»And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?Mark 10:36, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
ثُمَّ أَوْمَأُوا إِلَى أَبِيهِ، مَاذَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُسَمَّى.And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.Luke 1:62, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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