A1verb
نَظَرَ
naẓara
to look / to gaze
Example
نظرتُ إلى السماءِ
naẓartu ilā as-samāʾi
I looked at the sky
Grammar
Form I verb. Past: naẓara, Present: yanẓuru. Takes ilā (إلى) for what is looked at.
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Arabic root
ن-ظ-ر
5 words from this root family
A1verb
اِنْتَظَرَ
intaẓara
to wait / to expect
Example
انتظرتُ الحافلةَ ساعةً كاملةً
intaẓartu al-ḥāfilata sāʿatan kāmilatan
I waited for the bus for a full hour
Grammar
Form VIII verb (اِفْتَعَلَ). Past: intaẓara, Present: yantaẓiru. Same root as naẓara.
A2noun
نَظّارات
naẓẓārāt
glasses / eyeglasses
Example
أَحْتاج نَظّارات لِلقِراءة.
aḥtāj naẓẓārāt lil-qirāʾa.
I need glasses for reading.
B2noun
نَظَرِيَّة
naẓariyya
theory
Example
هذِهِ النَّظَرِيَّةُ غَيَّرَت مَفهومَ العِلم.
hādhihi n-naẓariyyatu ghayyarat mafhūma l-ʿilm.
This theory changed the concept of science.
B2phrase
نَظَرًا لِـ
naẓaran li-
given / in view of
Example
نَظَرًا لِلظُّروفِ الحالِيَّةِ، تَمَّ تَأجيلُ المُؤتَمَر.
naẓaran li-ẓ-ẓurūfi l-ḥāliyya, tamma taʾjīlu l-muʾtamar.
Given the current circumstances, the conference was postponed.