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تَخَيُّل
imagination (the act of imagining or picturing something) /ta.xajˈjul/
nounB2#3421 most common
Also: visualization, fancying, imagining
Example sentences
عِنْدَهُ تَخَيُّلٌ قَوِيٌّ.
He has a strong imagination.
التَّخَيُّلُ يُسَاعِدُ الأَطْفَالَ عَلَى التَّعَلُّمِ.
Imagination helps children learn.
يَحْتَاجُ الْكَاتِبُ إِلَى تَخَيُّلٍ وَاسِعٍ لِكِتَابَةِ الرِّوَايَاتِ.
A writer needs a broad imagination to write novels.
مِنَ الصَّعْبِ تَخَيُّلُ الْحَيَاةِ بِدُونِ إِنْتَرْنِت.
It is hard to imagine life without the internet.
يَعْتَمِدُ الْفَنُّ التَّجْرِيدِيُّ عَلَى تَخَيُّلِ أَشْكَالٍ لَا وُجُودَ لَهَا فِي الْوَاقِعِ.
Abstract art depends on imagining forms that do not exist in reality.
يَظَلُّ تَخَيُّلُ مُسْتَقْبَلٍ خَالٍ مِنَ الصِّرَاعَاتِ تَحَدِّيًا فِكْرِيًّا يُوَاجِهُ الْفَلاسِفَةَ وَالسَّاسَةَ عَلَى حَدٍّ سَوَاءٍ.
Imagining a future free of conflict remains an intellectual challenge that philosophers and politicians alike face.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَخَيُّلٌ | تَخَيُّلَاتٌ |
| Genitive | تَخَيُّلٍ | تَخَيُّلَاتٍ |
| Accusative | تَخَيُّلاً | تَخَيُّلَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا تَخَيُّلُ | يَا تَخَيُّلَاتُ |
Word family
خَيَالimagination, shadow, phantom
تَخَيَّلَto imagine
خَيَالِيّimaginary, fictional
مُتَخَيِّلimagining, one who pictures something
مُتَخَيَّلimagined, fictional
Etymology
تَخَيُّل is the verbal noun of the Form V verb تَخَيَّلَ, built on the triliteral root خ-ي-ل. That root also gives خَيَال, meaning imagination, shadow, or phantom. The Form V pattern here carries a reflexive sense, so the word literally points to making an image appear to oneself. Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no Indo-European root behind it.
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