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تَأْخِير
delay /taʔˈxiːr/
nounB2#3202 most common
Also: postponement, lateness, deferral
Example sentences
هُناكَ تَأْخِيرٌ فِي الرِّحْلَةِ.
There is a delay in the flight.
أَعْتَذِرُ عَنِ التَّأْخِيرِ.
I apologize for the delay.
سَبَّبَ الازْدِحَامُ تَأْخِيرَ الاجْتِمَاعِ.
The traffic caused a delay in the meeting.
لَنْ تَقْبَلَ الشَّرِكَةُ أَيَّ تَأْخِيرٍ آخَرَ فِي تَسْلِيمِ الطَّلَبِ.
The company will not accept any further delay in delivering the order.
أَدَّى تَأْخِيرُ الشَّحْنَةِ إِلَى خَسَائِرَ مَالِيَّةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ.
The delay of the shipment led to significant financial losses.
يُعْزَى تَأْخِيرُ صُدُورِ الْحُكْمِ إِلَى تَرَاكُمِ الْقَضَايَا فِي الْمَحَاكِمِ.
The delay in issuing the ruling is attributed to the backlog of cases in the courts.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَأْخِيرٌ | تَأْخِيرَاتٌ |
| Genitive | تَأْخِيرٍ | تَأْخِيرَاتٍ |
| Accusative | تَأْخِيرًا | تَأْخِيرَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا تَأْخِيرُ | يَا تَأْخِيرَاتُ |
Word family
أَخَّرَto delay, postpone (something)
تَأَخَّرَto be late, to fall behind
مُتَأَخِّرlate, delayed
آخِرlast, endمُؤَخِّرَةrear, back part
Etymology
تَأْخِير is the verbal noun (masdar) of the Form II verb أَخَّرَ, meaning to put something behind or postpone it. Both come from the triliteral Semitic root ء-خ-ر, whose core sense is 'to be behind' or 'to be last'. The same root gives آخِر, meaning last or final, and أُخْرَى, meaning other in the feminine.
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