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تَذْكِير
reminder (the act of reminding or calling something to mind) /taðˈkiːr/
nounB2#4153 most common
Also: mention, referencing, masculinization (grammatical gender, opposite of تأنيث)
Example sentences
أَحْتَاجُ إِلَى تَذْكِير بِالمَوْعِد.
I need a reminder about the appointment.
أَرْسَلَتْ لِي رِسَالَةَ تَذْكِير بِالِاجْتِمَاع.
She sent me a reminder message about the meeting.
يُرْسِلُ التَّطْبِيقُ تَذْكِيرًا يَوْمِيًّا لِشُرْبِ الماءِ.
The app sends a daily reminder to drink water.
قَدَّمَ الأُسْتَاذُ تَذْكِيرًا بِقَوَاعِدِ التَّذْكِيرِ وَالتَّأْنِيثِ فِي اللُّغَةِ العَرَبِيَّةِ.
The teacher gave a reminder of the rules of masculine and feminine gender in Arabic.
يَتَنَاوَلُ الفَصْلُ الثَّالِثُ مِنَ الكِتَابِ مَسْأَلَةَ التَّذْكِيرِ وَالتَّأْنِيثِ فِي الأَسْمَاءِ غَيْرِ الحَقِيقِيَّةِ.
The book's third chapter deals with the question of masculinization and feminization in nouns without real (biological) gender.
لَا يَخْلُو النَّحْوُ العَرَبِيُّ مِنْ إِشْكَالِيَّاتٍ دَقِيقَةٍ فِي بَابِ التَّذْكِيرِ وَالتَّأْنِيثِ، إِذْ تَتَفَاوَتُ القَبَائِلُ فِي تَذْكِيرِ بَعْضِ الأَسْمَاءِ أَوْ تَأْنِيثِهَا.
Arabic grammar has its share of fine problems in the chapter on masculine and feminine gender, since tribes differed on whether to treat certain nouns as masculine or feminine.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَذْكِيرٌ | تَذْكِيرَاتٌ |
| Genitive | تَذْكِيرٍ | تَذْكِيرَاتٍ |
| Accusative | تَذْكِيرًا | تَذْكِيرَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا تَذْكِيرُ | يَا تَذْكِيرَاتُ |
Word family
ذَكَرَto remember, to mention (Form I)
ذَكَّرَto remind, to make masculine (Form II)
تَذَكَّرَto recall, to remember (Form V)
ذِكْرremembrance, mentionمُذَكِّرmasculine (grammatical); also 'reminder' as agent noun
Etymology
تَذْكِير is the verbal noun of the Form II verb ذَكَّرَ, built on the root ذ-ك-ر, which carries the core sense of remembering, mentioning, and (in an older, physical sense) maleness. The تفعيل pattern turns the root into an abstract noun of causation, so تذكير literally means 'making someone remember' or 'making something masculine'. Grammarians borrowed the same word for the linguistic category of masculine gender, paired with تأنيث for feminine.
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