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أَوْلَوِيَّة
priority /ʔaw.laˈwij.ja/
nounB2#3962 most common
Also: precedence, priority ranking
Example sentences
الصحة أولوية.
Health is a priority.
ما هي أولويتك اليوم؟
What is your priority today?
يجب أن تحدد أولوياتك قبل بدء المشروع.
You must set your priorities before starting the project.
تعطي الحكومة أولوية قصوى لمكافحة الفقر.
The government gives top priority to fighting poverty.
أعادت الشركة ترتيب أولوياتها الاستراتيجية بعد الأزمة المالية.
The company reordered its strategic priorities after the financial crisis.
تتطلب إدارة الأزمات قدرة على إعادة تقييم الأولويات في ظل معلومات متغيرة باستمرار.
Crisis management requires the ability to reassess priorities amid constantly shifting information.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَوْلَوِيَّةٌ | أَوْلَوِيَّاتٌ |
| Genitive | أَوْلَوِيَّةٍ | أَوْلَوِيَّاتٍ |
| Accusative | أَوْلَوِيَّةً | أَوْلَوِيَّاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا أَوْلَوِيَّةُ | يا أَوْلَوِيَّاتُ |
Word family
أَوْلَىmore deserving, prior (elative)
وَلِيّguardian, patron, saintوِلَايَةgovernorship, jurisdiction, province
تَوَلَّىto take charge of, to assume (a role)
أَوْلَوِيَّاتpriorities (plural, common in official usage)
Etymology
أَوْلَوِيَّة is a modern abstract noun built from أَوْلَى, the elative form meaning 'more deserving' or 'prior', which comes from the old Semitic root و-ل-ي (to be near, to follow, to have charge of). Arabic reformers in the 19th and 20th centuries coined many such abstract nouns by adding the suffix ـِيَّة to an existing adjective, the same pattern seen in حُرِّيَّة (freedom) from حُرّ (free). The word entered common use as Arabic needed a term for administrative and political 'priority'.
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