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بُطُولَة

championship /buˈtˤuːla/

nounB1#1905 most common

Also: tournament, heroism, leading role (in a film or play)

Example sentences

فُزْنا بِالبُطُولَة.
We won the championship.
هذِهِ بُطُولَة كِرَة القَدَم.
This is the football championship.
يَلعَبُ فَريقُنا في البُطُولَة العالَمِيَّة هذا العام.
Our team is playing in the world championship this year.
أُقيمَت البُطُولَة في مَدينَتِنا لِأوَّلِ مَرَّة.
The championship was held in our city for the first time.
لَعِبَت المُمَثِّلَةُ الشّابَّةُ دَورَ البُطُولَة في الفيلمِ الجَديد.
The young actress played the leading role in the new film.
لَم تَكُن بُطُولَتُهُ في المَيدانِ فَحَسب، بَل في تَضحِيَتِهِ الهادِئَةِ مِن أجلِ رِفاقِهِ.
His heroism lay not on the field alone, but in his quiet sacrifice for his comrades.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeبُطُولَةٌبُطُولاتٌ
Genitiveبُطُولَةٍبُطُولاتٍ
Accusativeبُطُولَةًبُطُولاتٍ
Vocativeيا بُطُولَةُيا بُطُولاتُ

Word family

بَطَلhero, champion
بَطَلَةheroine
بُطولِيّheroic
أَبْطالheroes (plural)

Etymology

The word derives from the Arabic root b-ṭ-l, which carries the idea of a hero or champion. From بَطَل ("hero") comes بُطُولَة, an abstract noun meaning heroism. In modern usage the sense widened to sporting championships and to the lead role in a drama.

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