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بُقْعَة
spot /ˈbuq.ʕa/
nounB1#2097 most common
Also: patch, stain, plot of land
Example sentences
عَلَى قَمِيصِي بُقْعَة.
There is a spot on my shirt.
هٰذِهِ البُقْعَة جَمِيلَة جِدًّا.
This spot is very beautiful.
وَجَدْنَا بُقْعَة هَادِئَة قُرْبَ النَّهْر.
We found a quiet spot near the river.
تَرَكَتِ القَهْوَة بُقْعَة كَبِيرَة عَلَى السَّجَّادَة.
The coffee left a big stain on the carpet.
تُعَدُّ هٰذِهِ البُقْعَة مِنَ الأَرْض مِنْ أَخْصَبِ المَنَاطِق.
This patch of land is considered one of the most fertile areas.
لَمْ تَبْقَ بُقْعَة وَاحِدَة مِنَ المَدِينَة سَالِمَة مِنْ آثَارِ الحَرْب.
Not a single spot of the city remained safe from the effects of the war.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بُقْعَةٌ | بِقَاعٌ |
| Genitive | بُقْعَةٍ | بِقَاعٍ |
| Accusative | بُقْعَةً | بِقَاعًا |
| Vocative | يَا بُقْعَةُ | يَا بِقَاعُ |
Word family
بِقَاعregions, tracts of land
أَبْقَعpiebald, spotted
بَقْعَاءspotted (feminine)
بُقَعspots, patches
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root b-q-ʿ, which carries the sense of a patch or a differently colored area. The same root gives أَبْقَع, meaning piebald or spotted. The feminine ending marks a single unit, so بُقْعَة is one spot or one patch.
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