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صار

صار

Arabic

Verb

صَارَ (ṣāra) I, non-past يَصِيرُ‎ (yaṣīru)

  1. to become
  2. to begin (followed by a non-past verb)
    صِرْتُ أَبْكِيṣirtu ʾabkī ― I began to cry

Conjugation


North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic صار (ṣār).

Verb

صار (ṣār) (present بيصير, (bīṣīr))

  1. to become
  2. to happen

Adverb

صار (ṣar, ṣār)

  1. (false verb) Used with ل (-l-) + personal suffix to express what is roughly equivalent to the English present perfect tense.
    صارلك سنين بتحبا
    Ṣar-lak snīn bitḥibbā.
    You’ve loved her for years.
    صارلي تلات إيام ما شفتو
    Ṣar-lī tlāt ʾīyām mā šiftū.
    I haven’t seen him in three days.
    صارلنا عم نحاول نسلح هالسياره من أسابيع
    Ṣar-lnā ʿam-i nḥāwil-i nsalliḥ ha-s-sīyāra min ʾasābīʿ.
    We’ve been trying to fix this car for weeks.
    صارلن أصحاب من الصف التاني
    Ṣar-lun ʾaṣḥāb min iṣ-ṣaff it-tānī.
    They’ve been friends since second grade.

Usage notes

  • Sentences with ṣar-l- tend to have some adverbial of time in them. As can be seen from the examples, the construction can be followed by either a verbal or a nominal sentence. Verbs are typically in the present or present progressive in affirmative sentences, but in the past in negative ones.