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أَثَر

trace

Noun · masculineRoot ء-ث-ر

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Also written أثر: أَثَّرَ (to influence)

Highlights

Plural
آثَار

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form II
to influence
Noun
influence
Verb · Form V
to emulate
Verb · Form IV
آثَرَ
to prefer
Adjective
مُؤَثِّر
impressive
Noun
مُؤَثِّر
affecter

أَثَر in English

Noun · masculine

  1. trace, vestige
  2. sign, mark
  3. touch
  4. effect, action, influence, impression
  5. work of art
  6. ancient monument
  7. relic

Word origin

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʔaṯar-. Cognate with Hebrew אֲשֶׁר (ʾăšĕ́r, a relative pronoun or relativizer), Ge'ez አሰር (ʾäsär), አሠር (ʾäśär, “trace, vestige; way; relic”), Aramaic אַתְרָא / ܐܰܬܪܳܐ (ʾaṯrā, “place; region; country”), Akkadian 𒆠 (ašrum, “place, site”) and Ugaritic 𐎀𐎘𐎗 (ảṯr)

Words from the root ء-ث-ر

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أَثَّرَ · present يُؤَثِّرُ

to influence, to affect, to have an effect on; to induce

Verbal noun
influence
مُؤَثِّر
Active participle · Adjective
impressive
مُؤَثِّر
Active participle
affecter
مُؤَثَّر
Passive participle · Adjective
influenced
آثَرَ · present يُؤْثِرُ
Form IV · Causative

to prefer

إِيثَار
Verbal noun
selflessness
مُؤْثِر
Active participle
مُؤْثَر
Passive participle
تَأَثَّرَ · present يَتَأَثَّرُ

to emulate, to imitate, to copy; to be influenced

تَأَثُّر
Verbal noun
following up the footsteps of another
مُتَأَثِّر
Active participle · Adjective
affected
مُتَأَثَّر
Passive participle
اِسْتَأْثَرَ · present يَسْتَأْثِرُ

to absorb, appropriate, engross, monopolize, occupy, seize, take exclusive possession of, take hold of, take up, buy up, capture, corner

اِسْتِئْثَار
Verbal noun
مُسْتَأْثِر
Active participle
مُسْتَأْثَر
Passive participle
Noun · m.
trace
أَثِير
Noun · m.
air
أَثْرَة
Noun
a trace
مَأْثُور
Adjective
transmitted
مَأْثَرَة
Noun · f.
a merit
إثْرَار
Noun · m.
Maytenus-genus plant

أَثَر: plural and other forms

Singularأَثَر
Pluralآثَار

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