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تَبْدِيل
changing, replacing, or altering something /tabˈdiːl/
nounB2#3250 most common
Also: substitution, exchange (of an item), alteration
Example sentences
أُرِيدُ تَبْدِيلَ ثِيَابِي.
I want to change my clothes.
يَجِبُ تَبْدِيلُ الزَّيْتِ كُلَّ شَهْرٍ.
The oil must be changed every month.
طَلَبْتُ تَبْدِيلَ الْقَمِيصِ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ صَغِيرًا.
I asked to exchange the shirt because it was too small.
تَمَّ تَبْدِيلُ مَوَاعِيدِ الرِّحْلَاتِ بِسَبَبِ الطَّقْسِ.
The flight schedules were changed because of the weather.
يَتَطَلَّبُ تَبْدِيلُ السِّيَاسَةِ الِاقْتِصَادِيَّةِ مُوَافَقَةَ الْبَرْلَمَانِ.
Changing the economic policy requires parliamentary approval.
أَدَّى تَبْدِيلُ الْقِيَادَةِ الْمُفَاجِئُ إِلَى اضْطِرَابٍ فِي الْأَسْوَاقِ الْمَالِيَّةِ.
The sudden change in leadership led to turmoil in the financial markets.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَبْدِيلٌ | تَبْدِيلَاتٌ |
| Genitive | تَبْدِيلٍ | تَبْدِيلَاتٍ |
| Accusative | تَبْدِيلًا | تَبْدِيلَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا تَبْدِيلُ | يَا تَبْدِيلَاتُ |
Word family
بَدَّلَto change, replace, alter
تَبَدَّلَto change, be altered (intransitive)
بَدَلsubstitute, replacementبَدِيلalternative, substituteمُبَدِّلone who changes something; a converter
Etymology
تَبْدِيل is the verbal noun of the Form II verb بَدَّلَ, meaning to change or replace something. Both trace back to the Semitic root ب-د-ل, which carries the core sense of exchange or substitution. Arabic is a Semitic language, not Indo-European, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root. The same root appears across other Semitic languages with related shades of meaning.
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