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بارِع
skilled /ˈbaː.riʕ/
adjectiveB1#1764 most common
Also: proficient, brilliant, adept
Example sentences
هو طالب بارِع.
He is a skilled student.
هي بارِعة في الرسم.
She is skilled at drawing.
المهندس بارِع جداً في حلّ المشاكل.
The engineer is very skilled at solving problems.
كان الطبيب بارِعاً في إجراء العمليات الدقيقة.
The doctor was skilled at performing delicate operations.
لاعبون بارِعون كهؤلاء نادراً ما يخسرون مباراة مهمة.
Players as skilled as these rarely lose an important match.
لم يكن مجرد كاتب جيد، بل كان بارِعاً في نسج الحجج المعقّدة بأسلوب بسيط.
He was not merely a good writer; he was adept at weaving complex arguments in a simple style.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بارِعٌ | بارِعونَ |
| Genitive | بارِعٍ | بارِعينَ |
| Accusative | بارِعاً | بارِعينَ |
| Vocative | يا بارِعُ | يا بارِعونَ |
Word family
برعto excel, to be proficient
براعةskill, proficiency
بارِعةskilled (feminine)
أبرعmore/most skilled
Etymology
بارِع is the active participle of the verb برع, which means to excel or to surpass others. It follows the standard فاعِل pattern that turns a verb into a doer or a quality. The underlying triliteral root ب-ر-ع carries the sense of rising above and standing out.
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