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أُفُق
horizon /ˈʔufuq/
nounB2#3844 most common
Also: vista, prospect/outlook (figurative)
Example sentences
الشمسُ تغرب عند الأُفُق.
The sun sets at the horizon.
أرى سفينةً بعيدة عند الأُفُق.
I see a distant ship at the horizon.
يبدو الأُفُق واضحًا هذا الصباح.
The horizon looks clear this morning.
علينا أن نوسّع آفاقنا في التفكير.
We must broaden our horizons in thinking.
تفتح هذه التقنية آفاقًا جديدة أمام الباحثين.
This technology opens new horizons for researchers.
يلوح في الأُفُق تحوّلٌ جذريّ في موازين القوى الاقتصادية العالمية.
A radical shift in the balance of global economic power looms on the horizon.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أُفُقٌ | آفاقٌ |
| Genitive | أُفُقٍ | آفاقٍ |
| Accusative | أُفُقًا | آفاقًا |
| Vocative | يا أُفُقُ | يا آفاقُ |
Word family
آفاقhorizons; figuratively, prospects or vistas
أُفُقِيّhorizontal
أُفُقِيًّاhorizontally
واسع الأُفُقbroad-minded (literally, wide of horizon)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ء-ف-ق (ʾ-f-q), tied to the idea of a distant edge or reach, the point where the eye's view ends. This root is not Indo-European, so it has no PIE ancestor. Hebrew keeps a close cognate, אופק (ofek), also meaning horizon, from the same Proto-Semitic source.
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