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تَعْبِير
expression /taʕˈbiːr/
nounB1#1980 most common
Also: phrase, wording, facial expression
Example sentences
هٰذَا تَعْبِير جَمِيل.
This is a beautiful expression.
أُحِبُّ هٰذَا التَّعْبِير كَثِيرًا.
I like this expression a lot.
كَانَ تَعْبِيرُ وَجْهِهَا حَزِينًا.
The expression on her face was sad.
اِسْتَخْدَمَ الكَاتِبُ تَعْبِيرًا غَرِيبًا فِي رِوَايَتِهِ.
The writer used a strange expression in his novel.
حُرِّيَّةُ التَّعْبِيرِ حَقٌّ أَسَاسِيٌّ لِكُلِّ إِنْسَان.
Freedom of expression is a basic right for every person.
يَعْجِزُ التَّعْبِيرُ اللَّفْظِيُّ أَحْيَانًا عَنْ نَقْلِ دَقَائِقِ المَشَاعِرِ الإِنْسَانِيَّة.
Verbal expression sometimes fails to convey the subtleties of human feelings.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَعْبِيرٌ | تَعْبِيرَاتٌ |
| Genitive | تَعْبِيرٍ | تَعْبِيرَاتٍ |
| Accusative | تَعْبِيرًا | تَعْبِيرَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا تَعْبِيرُ | يَا تَعْبِيرَاتُ |
Word family
عَبَّرَto express
عِبَارَةphrase, expression
مُعَبِّرexpressive
تَعَابِيرexpressions (plural)
عَبَرَto cross, pass over
Etymology
The word is the verbal noun of the Form II verb عَبَّرَ, "to express." Both come from the Semitic root ع-ب-ر, whose core sense is crossing or passing over. Expression is thus meaning carried across from the mind into words. The same root gives عِبَارَة, "phrase," and the name for the Hebrew language.
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