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بِقالَة
grocery store /biˈqaːla/
nounB2#4334 most common
Also: grocer's shop, grocery business
Example sentences
هذه بِقالَة.
This is a grocery store.
أَذْهَبُ إلى البِقالَةِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.
I go to the grocery store every day.
اِشْتَرَيْتُ الخُبْزَ مِنَ البِقالَةِ القَريبَةِ مِن بَيْتي.
I bought bread from the grocery store near my house.
يَمْلِكُ عَمّي بِقالَةً صَغيرَةً في وَسَطِ المَدينَةِ.
My uncle owns a small grocery store downtown.
افْتَتَحَتِ الأُسْرَةُ بِقالَتَها الجَديدَةَ بَعْدَ سَنَواتٍ مِنَ التَّخْطيطِ.
The family opened their new grocery store after years of planning.
رَغْمَ انْتِشارِ السوبَرماركتات الكُبْرى، ما زالَتِ البِقالاتُ التَّقْليديَّةُ تُحافِظُ على مَكانَتِها في الأَحْياءِ الشَّعْبيَّةِ.
Despite the spread of large supermarkets, traditional grocery stores still hold their place in working-class neighborhoods.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بِقالَةٌ | بِقالاتٌ |
| Genitive | بِقالَةٍ | بِقالاتٍ |
| Accusative | بِقالَةً | بِقالاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا بِقالَةُ | يا بِقالاتِ |
Word family
بَقّالgrocer
بَقْلvegetable, herb
بُقولlegumes, pulses
بِقالاتgrocery stores (plural)
Etymology
بِقالَة comes from بَقّال (baqqāl, grocer), an occupational noun built on the triliteral root ب-ق-ل. That root's core sense is vegetables or greens, since early grocers dealt mainly in produce. The feminine ة suffix turns the occupation word into an abstract or place noun, meaning the grocer's trade or shop, on the same pattern as خِياطَة (tailoring) or حِدادَة (blacksmithing).
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