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بَحْرِيَّة
navy /baħˈrij.ja/
nounB1#1500 most common
Also: naval forces, marine (feminine adjective), maritime
Example sentences
البَحْرِيَّةُ كَبِيرَةٌ.
The navy is big.
أَخِي يَعْمَلُ فِي البَحْرِيَّةِ.
My brother works in the navy.
اِنْضَمَّ الشّابُّ إِلَى البَحْرِيَّةِ بَعْدَ التَّخَرُّجِ.
The young man joined the navy after graduation.
تَمْتَلِكُ الدَّوْلَةُ بَحْرِيَّةً حَدِيثَةً مُجَهَّزَةً بِأَحْدَثِ السُّفُنِ.
The state has a modern navy equipped with the latest ships.
لَعِبَتِ البَحْرِيَّةُ المِصْرِيَّةُ دَوْرًا حَاسِمًا فِي تَأْمِينِ المَمَرّاتِ المَلاحِيَّةِ.
The Egyptian navy played a decisive role in securing the shipping lanes.
رَغْمَ مَحْدُودِيَّةِ مِيزانِيَّتِها، تَمَكَّنَتِ البَحْرِيَّةُ مِنْ بَسْطِ نُفُوذِها عَلَى المِياهِ الإِقْلِيمِيَّةِ وَرَدْعِ التَّهْدِيداتِ العابِرَةِ لِلْحُدُودِ.
Despite its limited budget, the navy managed to extend its reach over territorial waters and to deter cross-border threats.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بَحْرِيَّةٌ | بَحْرِيَّاتٌ |
| Genitive | بَحْرِيَّةٍ | بَحْرِيَّاتٍ |
| Accusative | بَحْرِيَّةً | بَحْرِيَّاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا بَحْرِيَّةُ | يا بَحْرِيَّاتُ |
Word family
Etymology
بَحْرِيَّة comes from بَحْر, the Arabic word for sea, plus the relative suffix -iyy and a feminine ending. It first meant maritime or naval, then settled into a noun for the naval branch of a country's armed forces. The same root yields words for sailor and lake.
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