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إِيقاف
stopping /ʔiːˈqaːf/
nounA2#939 most common
Also: halting, suspension, shutting off / shutdown
Example sentences
هٰذا زِرُّ الإيقاف.
This is the stop button.
نُريدُ إيقافَ السَّيّارةِ هُنا.
We want to stop the car here.
تَمَّ إيقافُ اللّاعِبِ لِمُباراتَيْن.
The player was suspended for two matches.
طالَبَ المُتَظاهِرونَ بِإيقافِ العُنْفِ فَوْراً.
The protesters demanded an immediate halt to the violence.
قَرَّرَ المُديرُ إيقافَ المُوَظَّفِ عَنِ العَمَلِ بَعْدَ التَّحْقيق.
The manager decided to suspend the employee from work after the investigation.
يَتَطَلَّبُ إيقافُ تَشْغيلِ المُفاعِلِ النَّوَوِيِّ اتِّخاذَ إجْراءاتِ أمانٍ صارِمة.
Shutting down the nuclear reactor requires taking strict safety measures.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | إِيقافٌ | إِيقافاتٌ |
| Genitive | إِيقافٍ | إِيقافاتٍ |
| Accusative | إِيقافاً | إِيقافاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا إِيقافُ | يا إِيقافاتُ |
Word family
أَوْقَفَto stop, to halt, to suspend
تَوَقَّفَto come to a stop, to pause
مَوْقِفstop, position, stanceوَقْفhalt; religious endowmentمَوْقوفsuspended, detained
Etymology
إيقاف is the Form IV verbal noun of the verb أوقف, 'to make something stop.' It is built on the triliteral root و-ق-ف, which carries the basic sense of standing still and stopping. The expected pattern إِوْقاف loses its و, which merges with the preceding short vowel into a long ī, giving إيقاف. The same root yields وَقْف, a stop or a religious endowment, and مَوْقِف, a position or a bus stop.
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