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تَواصُل
communication /ta.ˈwaː.sˤul/
nounB1#2123 most common
Also: staying in touch, interconnection, mutual contact
Example sentences
التَّواصُل مُهِمّ.
Communication is important.
أُحِبُّ التَّواصُل مع عائِلَتي.
I like staying in touch with my family.
وَسائِل التَّواصُل الاجْتِماعِيّ صارَت جُزءًا مِن حَياتِنا.
Social media has become part of our lives.
يَعتَمِد نَجاح الفَريق على التَّواصُل الجَيِّد بَينَ أعضائِه.
The team's success depends on good communication among its members.
أدّى ضَعف التَّواصُل بَينَ الأقسام إلى تَأخير المَشروع لِعِدّة أسابيع.
Poor communication between the departments delayed the project by several weeks.
رَغم انقِطاع التَّواصُل المُباشِر، حافَظَ الطَّرَفان على قَناةٍ خَلفِيّةٍ لِتَبادُل الرَّسائِل.
Despite the breakdown of direct communication, the two sides kept a back channel for exchanging messages.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَواصُلٌ | تَواصُلاتٌ |
| Genitive | تَواصُلٍ | تَواصُلاتٍ |
| Accusative | تَواصُلاً | تَواصُلاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا تَواصُل | يا تَواصُلات |
Word family
تَواصَلَto communicate with one another, stay in touch
اِتِّصالcontact, connection, phone call
وَصَلَto arrive, to connect
صِلةlink, tie, relation
مُتَواصِلcontinuous, unbroken
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root و-ص-ل (w-ṣ-l), meaning to join, connect, or arrive. It is the verbal noun of the form VI verb تَواصَلَ, which carries a sense of reciprocal action. So the noun names the act of two or more parties connecting with each other.
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