أَبْصَرَ (aabṣara)to see

Conjugation, meanings and vowelled example sentences for the Arabic verb أَبْصَرَ (aabṣara) — “to see”, drawn from the reader’s verified vocabulary bank. Every form carries full harakat.

Conjugation: أَبْصَرَ يُبْصِرُ

Past · الماضيPresent · المضارعImperative · الأمرVerbal noun · المصدر
أَبْصَرَ aabṣaraيُبْصِرُ yubṣiruأَبْصِرْ aabṣirإِبْصَار iibṣaār

Meanings & examples

  1. 1. to see

    • أَبْصَرَ الرَّجُلُ طَائِرًا جَمِيلًا.The man saw a beautiful bird.
    • أَبْصَرَتِ الطِّفْلَةُ أُمَّهَا تَقِفُ عِنْدَ البَابِ.The little girl saw her mother standing at the door.
    • أَلَمْ تُبْصِرِ السَّيَّارَةَ القَادِمَةَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الجَانِبِ؟Didn't you see the car coming from that side?
  2. 2. to come to Basra

  3. 3. to enlighten

    • أَبْصَرَ العِلْمُ بَصِيرَةَ الطَّالِبِ.Knowledge enlightened the student's insight.
    • أَبْصَرَ النُّورُ ظُلُمَاتِ الجَهْلِ.The light enlightened the darkness of ignorance.
    • أَبْصَرَ الحَقُّ قُلُوبَ المُؤْمِنِينَ.The truth enlightened the hearts of the believers.
  4. 4. to express wonder

    • أَبْصِرْ بِهَذَا الرَّجُلِ شُجَاعًا!How brave this man is!
    • أَبْصِرْ بِجَمَالِ هَذِهِ اللَّوْحَةِ!How beautiful this painting is!
    • أَبْصِرْ بِعَظَمَةِ هَذَا الْبِنَاءِ!How magnificent this building is!
  5. 5. to make see

  6. 6. to make visible

    • أَبْصَرَ الضَّوْءُ الطَّرِيقَ لِلْمَارَّةِ.The light made the path visible for the pedestrians.
    • أَبْصَرَ الْمُهَنْدِسُ التَّفَاصِيلَ الدَّقِيقَةَ فِي التَّصْمِيمِ.The engineer made the fine details in the design visible.
    • أَبْصَرَ الْقَمَرُ سَطْحَ الْأَرْضِ فِي اللَّيْلِ.The moon made the surface of the earth visible at night.
  7. 7. to perceive

    • لَمْ يُبْصِرْ أَيَّ خَطَرٍ قَادِمٍ.He did not perceive any coming danger.
    • لَمْ يُبْصِرِ الْأَعْمَى الطَّرِيقَ بِدُونِ مُسَاعَدَةٍ.The blind man did not perceive the way without help.
    • أَبْصَرْتُ الْخَطَرَ قَبْلَ وُقُوعِهِ وَتَجَنَّبْتُهُ.I perceived the danger before it happened and avoided it.

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