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تَعَرِّي
nudity /taˈʕarriː/
nounB2#4105 most common
Also: nakedness, exposure, stripping bare
Example sentences
التَّعَرِّي مَمْنُوعٌ فِي هٰذَا المَكَانِ.
Nudity is forbidden in this place.
رَفَضَ المَرِيضُ التَّعَرِّي أَمَامَ الطَّبِيبِ.
The patient refused to undress in front of the doctor.
تَتَعَرَّى الأَشْجَارُ مِنْ أَوْرَاقِهَا فِي فَصْلِ الشِّتَاءِ.
Trees become bare of their leaves in winter.
يَعْكِسُ الفِيلْمُ تَعَرِّيَ الشَّخْصِيَّةِ الرَّئِيسِيَّةِ أَمَامَ مَخَاوِفِهَا الدَّاخِلِيَّةِ.
The film reflects the main character laying herself bare before her inner fears.
أَثَارَ مَشْهَدُ التَّعَرِّي فِي الفِيلْمِ جَدَلًا وَاسِعًا بَيْنَ النُّقَّادِ.
The nudity scene in the film stirred wide controversy among critics.
يَرْمُزُ تَعَرِّي التُّرْبَةِ مِنْ غِطَائِهَا النَّبَاتِيِّ إِلَى تَفَاقُمِ ظَاهِرَةِ التَّصَحُّرِ.
The soil being stripped bare of its vegetation cover symbolizes the worsening of desertification.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَعَرٍّ | None |
| Genitive | تَعَرٍّ | None |
| Accusative | تَعَرِّيًا | None |
| Vocative | None | None |
Word family
عُرْيnakedness (plain form)
عُرْيَانnaked
عَارٍbare, naked, exposed
تَعَرَّىto become naked, strip oneself, be exposed
تَعْرِيَةexposure, erosion, denudation
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ʿ-r-y, which carries the sense of being naked, bare, or exposed. تَعَرِّي is the verbal noun of the Form V verb تَعَرَّى, a reflexive built on Form II عَرَّى (to strip someone bare). The reflexive shape shifts the meaning from stripping another to stripping oneself, hence becoming bare or exposed.
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