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تَخْفِيض

reduction /tɑxˈfiːdˤ/

nounB2#3991 most common

Also: discount, cut, decrease

Example sentences

هُناكَ تَخْفِيضٌ في السّوقِ.
There is a discount in the market.
أُريدُ شِراءَ هذا القَميصِ بِسَبَبِ التَّخْفِيضِ.
I want to buy this shirt because of the discount.
أَعْلَنَ المَتْجَرُ عَن تَخْفِيضاتٍ كَبيرَةٍ هذا الأُسْبوعَ.
The store announced big discounts this week.
قَرَّرَتِ الحُكومَةُ تَخْفيضَ الضَّرائِبِ لِدَعمِ الاقتِصادِ.
The government decided to cut taxes to support the economy.
أَدّى تَخْفيضُ قيمَةِ العُملَةِ إلى ارتِفاعِ أَسعارِ الوارِداتِ.
The currency devaluation led to a rise in import prices.
يُطالِبُ الخُبَراءُ بِتَخْفيضٍ تَدريجِيٍّ لِلانبِعاثاتِ الكَربونِيَّةِ تَجَنُّبًا لِصَدمَةٍ اقتِصادِيَّةٍ.
Experts are calling for a gradual reduction in carbon emissions to avoid an economic shock.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeتَخْفِيضٌتَخْفِيضَاتٌ
Genitiveتَخْفِيضٍتَخْفِيضَاتٍ
Accusativeتَخْفِيضًاتَخْفِيضَاتٍ
Vocativeيا تَخْفِيضُيا تَخْفِيضَاتُ

Word family

خَفَّضَto reduce, to cut (Form II)
خَفَضَto lower, to bring down (Form I)
مُنْخَفِضlow, reduced
انْخِفاضa decline, a drop
خافِضa lowering agent, e.g. خافِض الحُرارَة, fever reducer

Etymology

تَخْفِيض is the verbal noun (maṣdar) of the Form II verb خَفَّضَ, khaffaḍa, meaning to reduce or lower something. Both trace to the triliteral Semitic root خ-ف-ض, which carries the core sense of being low or sinking down. Arabic is a Semitic language, not Indo-European, so it has no PIE root.

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