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تَقاعُد
retirement /taqaːˈʕud/
nounB2#3040 most common
Also: retiring (from work), withdrawal from active duty
Example sentences
بابا في التقاعد الآن.
Dad is retired now.
تقاعدت جدتي من عملها السنة الماضية.
My grandmother retired from her job last year.
يخطط أبي للتقاعد بعد خمس سنوات.
My father plans to retire in five years.
يحصل الموظفون على معاش تقاعد بعد سن الستين.
Employees receive a retirement pension after age sixty.
أثار قرار تقاعد المدير العام جدلاً واسعاً داخل الشركة.
The CEO's retirement decision stirred wide controversy inside the company.
تُعدّ أنظمة التقاعد في الدول الاسكندنافية من أكثر الأنظمة استدامة على المستوى المالي.
Retirement systems in Scandinavian countries rank among the most financially sustainable in the world.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَقَاعُدٌ | تَقَاعُدَاتٌ |
| Genitive | تَقَاعُدٍ | تَقَاعُدَاتٍ |
| Accusative | تَقَاعُدًا | تَقَاعُدَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا تَقَاعُدُ | يَا تَقَاعُدَاتُ |
Word family
Etymology
Taqāʿud is the verbal noun of the Form VI verb taqāʿada, built on the root q-ʿ-d, whose base verb qaʿada means simply "to sit". Form VI often adds a reciprocal or gradual sense to a root, and here it shifted toward "sitting back" from active work. Over time this settled into the standard modern word for retirement, much as English "retire" once meant plain withdrawal before it took on its pension sense.
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