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أُغْنِيَة
song /ʔuɣˈnij.ja/
nounA1#693 most common
Also: tune, track (recorded song)
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ أُغْنِيَةٌ جَميلَةٌ.
This is a beautiful song.
أُحِبُّ هٰذِهِ الأُغْنِيَةَ كَثيراً.
I like this song a lot.
غَنَّتِ الفَتاةُ أُغْنِيَةً قَديمَةً في الحَفْلَةِ.
The girl sang an old song at the party.
كُلَّما سَمِعْتُ هٰذِهِ الأُغْنِيَةَ تَذَكَّرْتُ أَيّامَ طُفولَتي.
Whenever I hear this song, I remember the days of my childhood.
أَصْبَحَتْ تِلْكَ الأُغْنِيَةُ رَمْزاً لِلثَّوْرَةِ، وَرَدَّدَها النّاسُ في الشَّوارِعِ.
That song became a symbol of the revolution, and people chanted it in the streets.
لَمْ تَكُنْ مُجَرَّدَ أُغْنِيَةٍ عابِرَةٍ، بَلْ قَصيدَةً تَحْمِلُ في كَلِماتِها وَجَعَ جيلٍ بِأَكْمَلِهِ.
It was no passing song. It was a poem that carried the pain of a whole generation in its words.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أُغْنِيَةٌ | أَغانٍ |
| Genitive | أُغْنِيَةٍ | أَغانٍ |
| Accusative | أُغْنِيَةً | أَغانِيَ |
| Vocative | يا أُغْنِيَةُ | يا أَغاني |
Word family
Etymology
أُغْنِيَة derives from the Arabic root غ-ن-ي, which is tied to singing. The verb غَنَّى means to sing, and غِناء means singing as an act. The noun takes a standard nominal pattern with the feminine ending ة. The root is Semitic, so no Proto-Indo-European source applies.
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