استغرق

Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ ر ق (ḡ-r-q).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.taɣ.ra.qa/

Verb

اِسْتَغْرَقَ • (istaḡraqa) X (non-past يَسْتَغْرِقُ (yastaḡriqu), verbal noun اِسْتِغْرَاق (istiḡrāq))

1. to absorb; to engross; to overpower
2. to take, to take up; to occupy (time)

   أَحْيَانًا تَسْتَغْرِقُ ٱلْمُحَادَثَةُ ٱلْهَاتِفِيَّةُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ سَاعَةٍ.

   ʔaḥyānan tastaḡriqu l-muḥādaṯatu l-hātifiyyatu ʔakṯara min sāʕatin.

   Sometimes the phone conversation takes more than an hour.

   اِسْتَغْرَقَتِ ٱلرِّحْلَةُ شَهْرَيْنِ لِلْوُصُولِ إِلَى مَكَّةَ.

   istaḡraqati r-riḥlatu šahrayni lilwuṣūli ʔilā makkata.

   The journey took two months to reach Mecca.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of اِسْتَغْرَقَ (X, sound, impersonal passive (?), verbal noun اِسْتِغْرَاق)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						اِسْتِغْرَاق istiḡrāq
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُسْتَغْرِق mustaḡriq
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُسْتَغْرَق mustaḡraq
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	اِسْتَغْرَقْتُ istaḡraqtu	اِسْتَغْرَقْتَ istaḡraqta	اِسْتَغْرَقَ istaḡraqa		اِسْتَغْرَقْتُمَا istaḡraqtumā	اِسْتَغْرَقَا istaḡraqā		اِسْتَغْرَقْنَا istaḡraqnā	اِسْتَغْرَقْتُمْ istaḡraqtum	اِسْتَغْرَقُوا istaḡraqū
	f		اِسْتَغْرَقْتِ istaḡraqti	اِسْتَغْرَقَتْ istaḡraqat			اِسْتَغْرَقَتَا istaḡraqatā			اِسْتَغْرَقْتُنَّ istaḡraqtunna	اِسْتَغْرَقْنَ istaḡraqna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَسْتَغْرِقُ ʔastaḡriqu	تَسْتَغْرِقُ tastaḡriqu	يَسْتَغْرِقُ yastaḡriqu		تَسْتَغْرِقَانِ tastaḡriqāni	يَسْتَغْرِقَانِ yastaḡriqāni		نَسْتَغْرِقُ nastaḡriqu	تَسْتَغْرِقُونَ tastaḡriqūna	يَسْتَغْرِقُونَ yastaḡriqūna
	f		تَسْتَغْرِقِينَ tastaḡriqīna	تَسْتَغْرِقُ tastaḡriqu			تَسْتَغْرِقَانِ tastaḡriqāni			تَسْتَغْرِقْنَ tastaḡriqna	يَسْتَغْرِقْنَ yastaḡriqna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَسْتَغْرِقَ ʔastaḡriqa	تَسْتَغْرِقَ tastaḡriqa	يَسْتَغْرِقَ yastaḡriqa		تَسْتَغْرِقَا tastaḡriqā	يَسْتَغْرِقَا yastaḡriqā		نَسْتَغْرِقَ nastaḡriqa	تَسْتَغْرِقُوا tastaḡriqū	يَسْتَغْرِقُوا yastaḡriqū
	f		تَسْتَغْرِقِي tastaḡriqī	تَسْتَغْرِقَ tastaḡriqa			تَسْتَغْرِقَا tastaḡriqā			تَسْتَغْرِقْنَ tastaḡriqna	يَسْتَغْرِقْنَ yastaḡriqna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَسْتَغْرِقْ ʔastaḡriq	تَسْتَغْرِقْ tastaḡriq	يَسْتَغْرِقْ yastaḡriq		تَسْتَغْرِقَا tastaḡriqā	يَسْتَغْرِقَا yastaḡriqā		نَسْتَغْرِقْ nastaḡriq	تَسْتَغْرِقُوا tastaḡriqū	يَسْتَغْرِقُوا yastaḡriqū
	f		تَسْتَغْرِقِي tastaḡriqī	تَسْتَغْرِقْ tastaḡriq			تَسْتَغْرِقَا tastaḡriqā			تَسْتَغْرِقْنَ tastaḡriqna	يَسْتَغْرِقْنَ yastaḡriqna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِسْتَغْرِقْ istaḡriq			اِسْتَغْرِقَا istaḡriqā				اِسْتَغْرِقُوا istaḡriqū
	f		اِسْتَغْرِقِي istaḡriqī							اِسْتَغْرِقْنَ istaḡriqna
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	—	—	اُسْتُغْرِقَ ustuḡriqa		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُسْتَغْرَقُ yustaḡraqu		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُسْتَغْرَقَ yustaḡraqa		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُسْتَغْرَقْ yustaḡraq		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—

Further reading

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “غرق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN