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Kalimāt: Arabic for Islamic and Arabic Studies

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English: Arabic (vocalized/unvocalized):
to be fanatic; to be partisan

تعصب، يتعصب، تعصبا (لـ)‏

تَعَصَّبَ، يَتَعَصَّبُ، تَعَصُّباً (لِـ)‏

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Categories:
Knowledge: active
Frequency: 2
Part of speech: verb
Morphological category: verb
Morph. pattern: تَفَعَّلَ
Form: V
Root: عصب
Subject: Society, Military, Politics, Law, Religion and philosophy

Sample sentences:

نَكَادُ لَا نَجِدُ الكَثِيرَ مِنَ المُفَكِّرِينَ الذِّينَ لَا يَتَعَصَّبُوُنَ لَآرَائِهِمْ.