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بَرَكَة
blessing /baˈraka/
nounB1#2939 most common
Also: divine grace, abundance, good fortune granted by God
Example sentences
فِي هٰذَا الطَّعَامِ بَرَكَةٌ.
There is blessing in this food.
قَالَتْ جَدَّتِي: بَرَكَةُ اللهِ مَعَكَ.
My grandmother said: God's blessing be with you.
نَحْتَفِلُ بِبَرَكَةِ الحَصَادِ كُلَّ عَامٍ.
We celebrate the blessing of the harvest every year.
تَعُمُّ البَرَكَةُ البَيْتَ الَّذِي يَذْكُرُ اللهَ أَهْلُهُ.
Blessing fills the house whose people remember God.
يُؤْمِنُ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ بِأَنَّ الصَّدَقَةَ تَجْلِبُ البَرَكَةَ فِي الرِّزْقِ.
Many people believe that charity brings blessing to their livelihood.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ قِلَّةِ مَوارِدِهِمْ، وَجَدُوا بَرَكَةً عَظِيمَةً فِي تَعاوُنِهِمْ وَتَكافُلِهِمِ الاجْتِماعِيِّ.
Despite their scarce resources, they found great blessing in their cooperation and social solidarity.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بَرَكَةٌ | بَرَكَاتٌ |
| Genitive | بَرَكَةٍ | بَرَكَاتٍ |
| Accusative | بَرَكَةً | بَرَكَاتٍ |
| Vocative | بَرَكَةُ | بَرَكَاتُ |
Word family
بارَكَto bless
مُبارَكblessed
تَبارَكَto be exalted and blessed (used of God)
بَرَكاتblessings, plural of abundance
Etymology
The root ب-ر-ك (b-r-k) runs through the Semitic languages and ties physical kneeling to the idea of receiving favor. Hebrew shows the same pattern: בֵּרֶךְ means knee, and בְּרָכָה means blessing, since one knelt to receive or give a blessing. Arabic keeps both branches: بَرَكَ means the camel knelt, and بَرَكَة means the blessing or abundance that settles on a person or place. The same root also gives بِرْكَة, a pool, a place where water comes to rest.
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