- should
- [[t]ʃud[/t]]
negative short form shouldn't [[t]ˈʃudnt[/t]]
verb
1) past tense of shall:صيغة الماضي من الفِعل بِمَعنى: يَجِب
I thought I should never see you again.
2) used to state that something ought to happen, be done etc:You should hold your knife in your right hand
تُسْتَعْمَل لتعني: كان يَجِب أنYou shouldn't have said that.
3) used to state that something is likely to happen etc:تُسْتَعْمَل لِتَعني: من المُحْتَمَل أنIf you leave now, you should arrive there by six o'clock.
4) used after certain expressions of sorrow, surprise etc:تُسْتَعْمَل للتعبير عن: الأسَف، المُفاجأهI'm surprised you should think that.
5) used after if to state a condition:تُسْتَعْمَل بعد أداة الشَّرط للتعبير عن الشَّرطIf anything should happen to me, I want you to remember everything I have told you today.
6) (with I or we) used to state that a person wishes something was possible:تُسْتَعْمَل مع ضمير المُتَكَلِّم للتعْبير عن الرَّغَبَه او الأُمنِيَهI should love to go to France (if only I had enough money).
7) used to refer to an event etc which is rather surprising:تُسْتَعْمَل للإشارة إلى حَدَثٍ مُفاجئI was just about to get on the bus when who should come along but John, the very person I was going to visit.
Arabic-English dictionary. 2014.