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تَعْوِيض
compensation /taʕˈwiːdˤ/
nounB2#3389 most common
Also: indemnity, damages, reparation
Example sentences
طلبتُ تعويضًا.
I requested compensation.
حصلتُ على تعويضٍ من الشركة.
I got compensation from the company.
يستحق الموظف تعويضًا عن ساعات العمل الإضافية.
The employee deserves compensation for the extra work hours.
قدّمت الحكومة تعويضات لضحايا الفيضان.
The government gave compensation to the flood victims.
يُطالب المحامي بتعويضٍ عادلٍ عن الأضرار التي لحقت بموكله.
The lawyer demands fair compensation for the damages his client suffered.
نصّ العقد على تعويضٍ مالي فوري في حال الإخلال بأي من بنوده الجوهرية.
The contract stipulated immediate financial compensation in case of breach of any of its core clauses.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَعْوِيضٌ | تَعْوِيضَاتٌ |
| Genitive | تَعْوِيضٍ | تَعْوِيضَاتٍ |
| Accusative | تَعْوِيضًا | تَعْوِيضَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا تَعْوِيضُ | يا تَعْوِيضَاتُ |
Word family
عَوَّضَto compensate someone
تَعَوَّضَto be compensated, to receive compensation
عِوَضsubstitute, replacementمُعَوِّضone who compensates, compensating
عِوَضًا عَنinstead of, in place of
Etymology
تَعْوِيض comes from the Semitic root ع-و-ض (ʿ-w-ḍ), which carries the idea of substituting or making up for a loss. The word itself is the verbal noun of the Form II verb عَوَّضَ, meaning to give someone something in place of what they lost. Arabic is a Semitic language, not Indo-European, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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