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تارِيخِيّ
historical /taː.riː.ˈxiː/
adjectiveB2#3684 most common
Also: historic, of history
Example sentences
هذا مبنى تاريخي.
This is a historical building.
زُرنا متحفًا تاريخيًا في المدينة.
We visited a historical museum in the city.
القاهرة مدينة تاريخية مشهورة بآثارها القديمة.
Cairo is a historical city famous for its ancient monuments.
وقّع الزعيمان اتفاقًا تاريخيًا لإنهاء الحرب.
The two leaders signed a historic agreement to end the war.
يدرس المؤرخون الأحداث التاريخية لفهم تطور المجتمعات عبر العصور.
Historians study historical events to understand how societies developed over the ages.
تتطلب دراسة الظواهر التاريخية منهجية نقدية تميز بين الرواية الموثقة والأسطورة المتوارثة.
Studying historical phenomena requires a critical method that distinguishes documented accounts from inherited legend.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تاريخيٌّ | تاريخيّون |
| Genitive | تاريخيٍّ | تاريخيّين |
| Accusative | تاريخيًّا | تاريخيّين |
| Vocative | تاريخيّ | تاريخيّون |
Word family
تاريخhistory, date
مؤرخhistorian
أرّخto date, to chronicle
تاريخيًاhistorically
تاريخيةhistorical (feminine form)
Etymology
تاريخي is built from the noun تاريخ (tārīkh, "history, date") plus the nisba suffix -ي, which turns a noun into an adjective meaning "relating to X." تاريخ itself is usually traced to a Semitic root tied to lunar months, since early calendars marked dates by the moon. Arabic likely absorbed the word through Aramaic, where a related term meant "month." The adjective form is a later, straightforward grammatical extension of that noun.
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