drunkenness
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Also written سكر: سُكْر (drunkenness)
Highlights
Most common words from the same root
Adjective
سَكْرَان
drunk
Adjective
سِكِّير
drunkard
Adjective
سَكِر
drunk
Noun
سَكَر
intoxicant
Noun
سَكْرَان
henbane
سَكِرَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to get drunk, to become intoxicated
- to be drunk, to be intoxicated
Word origin
From Proto-Semitic *šikar- (“alcoholic drink”). Cognate with Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār).
Words from the root س-ك-ر
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
سَكِرَ
· present يَسْكَرُ
Form I · The plain action
to get drunk, to become intoxicated; to be drunk, to be intoxicated
سَكَر
intoxicant
سَكْرَان
drunk
سَكِر
drunk
سَكْرَان
henbane
مَسْكُور
سِكِّير
drunkard
سَكْرَة
an event of inebriety
سَكِرَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | سَكِرْتُ | أَسْكَرُ | أَسْكَرَ | أَسْكَرْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | سَكِرْتَ | تَسْكَرُ | تَسْكَرَ | تَسْكَرْ | اِسْكَرْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | سَكِرْتِ | تَسْكَرِينَ | تَسْكَرِي | تَسْكَرِي | اِسْكَرِي |
| هُوَ he | سَكِرَ | يَسْكَرُ | يَسْكَرَ | يَسْكَرْ | — |
| هِيَ she | سَكِرَتْ | تَسْكَرُ | تَسْكَرَ | تَسْكَرْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | سَكِرْتُمَا | تَسْكَرَانِ | تَسْكَرَا | تَسْكَرَا | اِسْكَرَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | سَكِرَا | يَسْكَرَانِ | يَسْكَرَا | يَسْكَرَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | سَكِرَتَا | تَسْكَرَانِ | تَسْكَرَا | تَسْكَرَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | سَكِرْنَا | نَسْكَرُ | نَسْكَرَ | نَسْكَرْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | سَكِرْتُمْ | تَسْكَرُونَ | تَسْكَرُوا | تَسْكَرُوا | اِسْكَرُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | سَكِرْتُنَّ | تَسْكَرْنَ | تَسْكَرْنَ | تَسْكَرْنَ | اِسْكَرْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | سَكِرُوا | يَسْكَرُونَ | يَسْكَرُوا | يَسْكَرُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | سَكِرْنَ | يَسْكَرْنَ | يَسْكَرْنَ | يَسْكَرْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | سَكَر، سُكْر |
|---|---|
| Active participle | سَكْرَان، سَكِر |
| Passive participle | مَسْكُور |
سَكِرَ in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
تَوَانَوْا وَابْهَتُوا. تَلَذَّذُوا وَاعْمَوْا. قَدْ سَكِرُوا وَلَيْسَ مِنَ الْخَمْرِ. تَرَنَّحُوا وَلَيْسَ مِنَ الْمُسْكِرِ.Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.Isaiah 29:9, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَخَرَجُوا عِنْدَ الظُّهْرِ وَبَنْهَدَدُ يَشْرَبُ وَيَسْكَرُ فِي الْخِيَامِ هُوَ وَالْمُلُوكُ الاثْنَانِ وَالثَّلاَثُونَ الَّذِينَ سَاعَدُوهُ.And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.1 Kings 20:16, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَفَتَنَ عَلَيْهِ عَبْدُهُ زِمْرِي رَئِيسُ نِصْفِ الْمَرْكَبَاتِ، وَهُوَ فِي تِرْصَةَ يَشْرَبُ وَيَسْكَرُ فِي بَيْتِ أَرْصَا الَّذِي عَلَى الْبَيْتِ فِي تِرْصَةَ.And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.1 Kings 16:9, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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