صار

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ص ي ر (ṣ-y-r).

Verb

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

1. (copulative) to become

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:صار

Conjugation

Conjugation of

صَارَ

(form-I hollow, verbal nouns صَيْر or صَيْرُورَة or مَصِير)

verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر						صَيْر or صَيْرُورَة or مَصِير ṣayr or ṣayrūra or maṣīr
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						صَائِر ṣāʔir
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَصِير maṣīr
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	صِرْتُ ṣirtu	صِرْتَ ṣirta	صَارَ ṣāra		صِرْتُمَا ṣirtumā	صَارَا ṣārā		صِرْنَا ṣirnā	صِرْتُمْ ṣirtum	صَارُوا ṣārū
	f		صِرْتِ ṣirti	صَارَتْ ṣārat			صَارَتَا ṣāratā			صِرْتُنَّ ṣirtunna	صِرْنَ ṣirna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَصِيرُ ʔaṣīru	تَصِيرُ taṣīru	يَصِيرُ yaṣīru		تَصِيرَانِ taṣīrāni	يَصِيرَانِ yaṣīrāni		نَصِيرُ naṣīru	تَصِيرُونَ taṣīrūna	يَصِيرُونَ yaṣīrūna
	f		تَصِيرِينَ taṣīrīna	تَصِيرُ taṣīru			تَصِيرَانِ taṣīrāni			تَصِرْنَ taṣirna	يَصِرْنَ yaṣirna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَصِيرَ ʔaṣīra	تَصِيرَ taṣīra	يَصِيرَ yaṣīra		تَصِيرَا taṣīrā	يَصِيرَا yaṣīrā		نَصِيرَ naṣīra	تَصِيرُوا taṣīrū	يَصِيرُوا yaṣīrū
	f		تَصِيرِي taṣīrī	تَصِيرَ taṣīra			تَصِيرَا taṣīrā			تَصِرْنَ taṣirna	يَصِرْنَ yaṣirna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَصِرْ ʔaṣir	تَصِرْ taṣir	يَصِرْ yaṣir		تَصِيرَا taṣīrā	يَصِيرَا yaṣīrā		نَصِرْ naṣir	تَصِيرُوا taṣīrū	يَصِيرُوا yaṣīrū
	f		تَصِيرِي taṣīrī	تَصِرْ taṣir			تَصِيرَا taṣīrā			تَصِرْنَ taṣirna	يَصِرْنَ yaṣirna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		صِرْ ṣir			صِيرَا ṣīrā				صِيرُوا ṣīrū
	f		صِيرِي ṣīrī							صِرْنَ ṣirna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	—	—	صِيرَ ṣīra		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُصَارُ yuṣāru		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُصَارَ yuṣāra		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُصَرْ yuṣar		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—

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North Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic صار (ṣār).

Verb

صار • (ṣār) (nonpast يصير (yṣīr))

1. to happen
2. (copulative) to become
3. (auxiliary, by extension) to come to

   كنت إكره هالأكلة بس صايرة بتعجبني

   kint ʾikrah hal-ʾakle bas ṣāyra btiʿjibni

   I used to hate this dish, but I've come to like it

   (literally, “I used to hate this dish, but it's come to appeal to me”)

4. (auxiliary) to start (as a habit)

   قلتلو صير إقرا قد ما فيك قام صار يسهر طول الليل قراية

   ʾiltillo ṣīr ʾiʾra ʾadd ma fīk ʾām ṣār yishar ṭūl l-lēl ʾrāye

   I told him to start reading as much as he could, but then he started staying up all night reading

   (literally, “I told him start reading as much as you can, and he up and started staying up all night reading”)

5. Governs an active participle, indicating that the action began in the past and continues into the present

   صرت آكل شي ميت حبّة لوز

   ṣirt ʾākil ši mīt ḥabbit lōz

   I've eaten about a hundred almonds

Usage notes

• Like other copulative verbs, صَار is allowed to follow its predicate.
• On their own, active participles with a present-perfect meaning can only express something that has both happened and ended, all over some period of time in the past. They must be construed with this auxiliary in order to express the meaning described above. This is in contrast to English's present participles, which express both senses unqualified.

Etymology 2

Fused from صَار (ṣār) +‎ إِلـ (ʾil-, “belonging to”), where the latter can be used idiomatically in the meaning “(of time) passing relative to”. For the ultimate fusing-together, where the once-freestanding إلـ (ʾil-) adopted the shape of ـلـ (-l-, dative suffix), compare the development of بَعدِلّـ (baʿdill-, “(of time) remaining for”).

Adverb

صار • (ṣar, ṣār)

1. (false verb) Used with ـلـ (-l-) and a past duration of time to refer to something that has been happening over this duration of time

   صرلك سنين بتحبها

   ṣar-lak snīn bitḥibba.

   You’ve loved her for years.

   صرلي تلات تيام ما شفته

   ṣar-li tlāt tiyyām mā šifto.

   I haven’t seen him in three days.

   صرلن صحبة من الصف التاني

   ṣar-lun ṣuḥbe min ṣ-ṣaff t-tāni.

   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.

Derived terms

• صَرّـ (ṣarr-)
• صَلّـ (ṣall-)