أَنْكَرَ (aankara)to deny

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

Conjugation: أَنْكَرَ يُنْكِرُ

Past · الماضيPresent · المضارعImperative · الأمرVerbal noun · المصدر
أَنْكَرَ aankaraيُنْكِرُ yunkiruأَنْكِرْ aankirإِنْكَار iinkaār

Meanings & examples

  1. 1. to deny

    • أَنْكَرَ الوَلَدُ فِعْلَتَهُ.The boy denied his deed.
    • أَنْكَرَ الشَّاهِدُ مَا قَالَهُ سَابِقًا فِي المَحْكَمَةِ.The witness denied what he had previously said in court.
    • لِمَاذَا تُنْكِرُ الحَقِيقَةَ يَا صَدِيقِي؟Why do you deny the truth, my friend?
  2. 2. to disapprove

    • أَنْكَرَ المُوَظَّفُ سُلُوكَ زَمِيلِهِ غَيْرَ اللَّائِقِ.The employee disapproved of his colleague's inappropriate behavior.
    • أَنْكَرَ الأَبُ عَلَى ابْنِهِ تَصَرُّفَاتِهِ الطَّائِشَةَ.The father disapproved of his son's reckless actions.
    • لَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ نَنْكَرَ عَلَى النَّاسِ آرَاءَهُمُ المُخْتَلِفَةَ.We should not disapprove of people's different opinions.
  3. 3. to be most disagreeable

    • أَنْكَرَ الْوَضْعُ الْجَدِيدُ عَلَى الْعُمَّالِ.The new situation was most disagreeable to the workers.
    • يُنْكِرُ الْجَوُّ الْبَارِدُ عَلَى الْكَثِيرِينَ فِي الشِّتَاءِ.The cold weather is most disagreeable to many in winter.
    • أَنْكَرَ عَلَيْهِ الْعَمَلُ الشَّاقُّ وَالظُّرُوفُ الصَّعْبَةُ.The hard work and difficult conditions were most disagreeable to him.
  4. 4. to become most repugnant

  5. 5. to denounce

    • أَنْكَرَتِ الْحُكُومَةُ الْادِّعَاءَاتِ بِوُجُودِ فَسَادٍ.The government denounced the allegations of corruption.
    • يُنْكِرُ الْكَثِيرُونَ الْعُنْفَ بِشِدَّةٍ.Many people strongly denounce violence.
    • أَنْكِرْ كُلَّ أَشْكَالِ الظُّلْمِ.Denounce all forms of injustice.
  6. 6. to deny it

    • لَا يُنْكِرُ الْحَقِيقَةَ إِلَّا الْجَاهِلُ.Only the ignorant deny the truth.
  7. 7. to deny, to be the worst

    • لَا يُمْكِنُكَ أَنْ تُنْكِرَ الْحَقِيقَةَ.You cannot deny the truth.
  8. 8. to deny, to disavow

    • أَنْكَرَ الْحَقِيقَةَ.He denied the truth.
    • أَنْكَرَ الْمُتَّهَمُ التُّهْمَةَ بِشِدَّةٍ.The accused strongly denied the charge.
    • أَنْكَرَ الشَّاهِدُ رُؤْيَتَهُ لِلْحَادِثِ تَمَامًا.The witness completely denied seeing the accident.

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