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يكثر من السفر (safar) he travels a lot, is constantly on the road
Root: ك-ث-ر
Page: 954*
Example: “اِفْتَقَدتُهُ بِشِدّة، كانَ يُكثِرُ مِنَ السَّفَرِ تِلكَ الأَيّامَ وَلَم أَسمَعْ مِنهُ خَبَراً مُنذُ سِتَّةِ أَشهُر”
Translation: “I missed him dearly, he used to travel a lot in those days and I hadn’t heard from him in six months”
Notes:
- The verb in this phrase is form IV, أَكثَرَ / يُكثِرْ—for more about verb forms, see Reference: Arabic Verb Forms Table!
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* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
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