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إِخْلاء
evacuation /ʔixˈlaːʔ/
nounB2#3005 most common
Also: vacating, clearing out, eviction
Example sentences
تم إخلاء المبنى.
The building was evacuated.
طلبت الشرطة إخلاء الشارع.
The police asked for the street to be cleared.
أصدرت الحكومة أمر إخلاء للسكان بسبب الفيضان.
The government issued an evacuation order for residents because of the flood.
تعطلت عملية الإخلاء بسبب الازدحام في الطرقات.
The evacuation process was disrupted by traffic congestion.
وقّع المستأجر على إخلاء طرف قبل مغادرة الشقة.
The tenant signed a release form before leaving the apartment.
تشرف المنظمات الإنسانية على تنسيق عمليات الإخلاء الطارئ في مناطق النزاع.
Humanitarian organizations oversee the coordination of emergency evacuation operations in conflict zones.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | إخلاءٌ | إخلاءاتٌ |
| Genitive | إخلاءٍ | إخلاءاتٍ |
| Accusative | إخلاءً | إخلاءاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا إخلاءُ | يا إخلاءاتُ |
Word family
أَخْلَىto empty, vacate, evacuate (something)
خَلَاto be empty, be alone, be free of
خَالٍempty, vacant
خَلْوَةseclusion, privacy
مُخْلًىvacated, evacuated
Etymology
إخلاء is the verbal noun of the causative Form IV verb أخلى, meaning to make something empty. It comes from the Semitic root خ-ل-و, which carries the core sense of being empty, vacant, or alone. The same root gives خلا, to be empty or free of something, and خالٍ, empty or vacant. This is a Semitic root, not an Indo-European one, so no PIE ancestor applies.
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