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إِقْناع
persuasion, convincing /ʔiqˈnaːʕ/
nounB1#2358 most common
Also: conviction (act of instilling belief), the act of winning someone over
Example sentences
أحتاج إلى إقناع أخي.
I need to convince my brother.
كان إقناع الأطفال بالنوم صعباً.
Convincing the children to sleep was hard.
نجحت المعلمة في إقناع الطلاب بأهمية القراءة.
The teacher succeeded in convincing the students of the importance of reading.
تتطلب عملية الإقناع فهماً عميقاً لنفسية الجمهور.
The process of persuasion requires a deep understanding of the audience's psychology.
استخدم المحامي أساليب بلاغية متقنة لإقناع هيئة المحلفين ببراءة موكله.
The lawyer used polished rhetorical techniques to convince the jury of his client's innocence.
على الرغم من قوة حججه، فشل في إقناع المستمعين الذين ظلوا متشككين حتى النهاية.
Despite the strength of his arguments, he failed to convince the listeners, who remained skeptical until the end.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | إِقْناعٌ | None |
| Genitive | إِقْناعٍ | None |
| Accusative | إِقْناعاً | None |
| Vocative | يا إِقْناعُ | None |
Word family
أقنعَto convince, persuade (Form IV)
اقتنعَto be convinced, become persuaded (Form VIII)
مُقنِعconvincing, persuasive
قناعةcontentment, conviction
قانعcontent, satisfied
Etymology
Iqnāʿ is the verbal noun of the Form IV verb aqnaʿa, which itself derives from the triliteral Semitic root q-n-ʿ. The base root carries the sense of being content or satisfied, and the causative Form IV shifts that to making someone content, that is, bringing them to agreement or belief. The word belongs to standard Modern Arabic vocabulary used in rhetoric, law, education, and everyday argument.
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