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بِضاعَة
merchandise /biˈdˤaː.ʕa/
nounB1#2609 most common
Also: goods, wares, commodity
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ بِضاعَةٌ جَديدَةٌ.
This is new merchandise.
اِشتَرَيتُ هٰذِهِ البِضاعَةَ مِنَ السّوقِ.
I bought this merchandise from the market.
وَصَلَت البِضاعَةُ إلى المَتجَرِ أَمسِ.
The merchandise arrived at the store yesterday.
تَأَخَّرَ شَحنُ البِضاعَةِ بِسَبَبِ العاصِفَةِ.
Shipment of the merchandise was delayed because of the storm.
تَخضَعُ البَضائِعُ المُستَورَدَةُ لِرُسومٍ جُمرُكِيَّةٍ صارِمَةٍ.
Imported goods are subject to strict customs duties.
أَدّى اِرتِفاعُ تَكالِيفِ الشَّحنِ إلى تَراجُعِ حَجمِ البَضائِعِ المُصَدَّرَةِ هٰذا العامَ.
The rise in shipping costs led to a drop in the volume of exported goods this year.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بِضاعَةٌ | بَضائِعُ |
| Genitive | بِضاعَةٍ | بَضائِعَ |
| Accusative | بِضاعَةً | بَضائِعَ |
| Vocative | بِضاعَةُ | بَضائِعُ |
Word family
بَضائِعgoods, merchandise (plural)
أَبضَعَto send goods with someone for trade
اِستَبضَعَto have one's goods carried and traded by another
مُستَبضِعan agent who carries and trades goods on another's behalf
Etymology
بِضاعَة comes from the Arabic root ب-ض-ع, tied to the verb أَبضَعَ, to send goods along with someone for trade. The noun pattern فِعالة here marks a thing handled or carried, so بِضاعَة is literally the stock of goods entrusted to a trader. The word appears already in classical texts and the Quran with this commercial sense, and it has stayed in everyday use for goods and merchandise ever since.
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