سَهِرَ (sahira)to stay up late

Conjugation, meanings and vowelled example sentences for the Arabic verb سَهِرَ (sahira) — “to stay up late”, drawn from the reader’s verified vocabulary bank. Every form carries full harakat.

Conjugation: سَهِرَ يَسْهَرُ

Past · الماضيPresent · المضارعImperative · الأمرVerbal noun · المصدر
سَهِرَ sahiraيَسْهَرُ yasharuاِسْهَرْ aisharسَهَرٌ saharun

Meanings & examples

  1. 1. to stay up late

    • سَهِرَ الطَّالِبُ لَيْلَةَ الاِمْتِحَانِ.The student stayed up late the night of the exam.
    • لِمَاذَا سَهِرْتَ مُتَأَخِّرًا هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ؟Why did you stay up late tonight?
    • سَهِرَ الفَنَّانُ فِي وَرْشَتِهِ حَتَّى الصَّبَاحِ البَاكِرِ لِيُتِمَّ لَوْحَتَهُ.The artist stayed up late in his studio until early morning to finish his painting.
  2. 2. to stay awake

    • سَهِرَ الطَّالِبُ لَيْلَةَ الاِمْتِحَانِ.The student stayed awake the night before the exam.
    • سَهِرَ الأَبُ مَعَ ابْنِهِ المَرِيضِ.The father stayed awake with his sick son.
    • لِمَاذَا سَهِرْتَ مُتَأَخِّرًا هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ؟Why did you stay awake late tonight?
  3. 3. to stay up at night

    • سَهِرَ الطَّالِبُ لَيْلًا لِلدِّرَاسَةِ لِامْتِحَانَاتِهِ.The student stayed up at night to study for his exams.
    • يَسْهَرُ الْأَبُ عَلَى رَاحَةِ أَبْنَائِهِ.The father stays up at night for the comfort of his children.
    • سَهِرْنَا نَتَحَدَّثُ حَتَّى طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ.We stayed up at night talking until dawn.
  4. 4. to be spent awake

    • سَهِرَ الطَّالِبُ لِيُكْمِلَ وَاجِبَاتِهِ.The student stayed up late to complete his homework.
    • سَهِرَ الْجُنْدِيُّ اللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ يُرَاقِبُ الْحُدُودَ بِحَذَرٍ شَدِيدٍ.The soldier spent the entire night awake, carefully guarding the borders.
    • هَلْ سَهِرْتَ الْبَارِحَةَ أَمْ نِمْتَ مُبَكِّرًا؟Did you stay up late last night or did you sleep early?
  5. 5. to spend the night

    • سَهِرَ الطُّلّابُ لِيُراجِعوا دُروسَهُم قَبْلَ الاِمْتِحانِ.The students spent the night to review their lessons before the exam.
    • سَهِرَ الأَبُ لِيَعْتَنِيَ بِطِفْلِهِ المَرِيضِ طَوالَ اللَّيْلِ.The father spent the night to take care of his sick child throughout the night.
    • سَهِرَتِ العائِلَةُ تُشاهِدُ فِلْمًا مُثيرًا حَتَّى الفَجْرِ.The family spent the night watching an exciting film until dawn.
  6. 6. to stay up

    • سَهِرَ الطَّالِبُ لَيْلَةَ الاِمْتِحَانِ.The student stayed up the night before the exam.
    • سَهِرَتِ الأُمُّ عِنْدَ طِفْلِهَا المَرِيضِ.The mother stayed up by her sick child.
    • لِمَاذَا سَهِرْتَ مُتَأَخِّرًا البَارِحَةَ؟Why did you stay up late last night?
  7. 7. to stay up late / to watch over

    • سَهِرَ الطَّالِبُ لَيْلَةَ الاِمْتِحَانِ.The student stayed up late the night of the exam.
    • سَهِرَتِ الأُمُّ عَلَى رَاحَةِ أَبْنَائِهَا.The mother watched over the comfort of her children.
    • لِمَاذَا سَهِرْتَ طَوِيلًا أَمَامَ الحَاسُوبِ؟Why did you stay up late in front of the computer?

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