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تَصْوِير
photography /tasˤˈwiːr/
nounA2#957 most common
Also: photographing, filming, imaging (e.g. medical), depiction, portrayal
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ التَّصْوِيرَ.
I love photography.
هَذِهِ كامِيرا جَدِيدَةٌ لِلتَّصْوِيرِ.
This is a new camera for photography.
يَعْمَلُ أَخِي فِي مَجالِ التَّصْوِيرِ الفوتوغرافي.
My brother works in the field of photography.
طَلَبَ الطَّبِيبُ تَصْوِيرًا بِالأَشِعَّةِ لِلتَّأَكُّدِ مِنَ الكَسْرِ.
The doctor ordered an X-ray imaging to confirm the fracture.
يَتَمَيَّزُ المُخْرِجُ بِأُسْلوبِ تَصْوِيرٍ سِينِمائِيٍّ مُبْتَكَرٍ.
The director stands out for an inventive cinematic filming style.
نَجَحَ الرِّوائِيُّ فِي تَصْوِيرِ مُعاناةِ الفُقَراءِ تَصْوِيرًا دَقِيقًا يَنْفُذُ إِلَى أَعْماقِ النَّفْسِ البَشَرِيَّةِ.
The novelist succeeded in portraying the suffering of the poor with a precise depiction that reaches the depths of the human soul.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَصْوِيرٌ | تَصاوِيرُ |
| Genitive | تَصْوِيرٍ | تَصاوِيرَ |
| Accusative | تَصْوِيرًا | تَصاوِيرَ |
| Vocative | يا تَصْوِيرُ | يا تَصاوِيرُ |
Word family
صَوَّرَto photograph, to depict
صُورَةpicture, imageمُصَوِّرphotographer, cameraman
تَصَوُّرconception, idea
مُصَوَّرillustrated, depicted
Etymology
تَصْوِير is the verbal noun of the Form II verb صَوَّرَ, meaning to shape or to picture. It is built on the triliteral root ṣ-w-r, which carries the sense of form and image and also gives صُورَة, picture. The Form II pattern adds an intensive, causative force, so the noun names the act of making images: photographing, filming, or depicting. Lexicographers connect the root's image sense to wider Semitic usage.
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