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تَوْأَم
twin /ˈtawʔam/
nounB1#2580 most common
Also: twin sibling, counterpart
Example sentences
لِي أَخٌ تَوْأَمٌ.
I have a twin brother.
أُخْتِي هِيَ تَوْأَمِي.
My sister is my twin.
وُلِدَ التَّوْأَمَانِ فِي نَفْسِ اليَوْمِ.
The twins were born on the same day.
يَتَشَابَهُ التَّوْأَمَانِ فِي الشَّكْلِ لَكِنَّهُمَا مُخْتَلِفَانِ فِي الطِّبَاعِ.
The twins look alike but differ in temperament.
أَنْجَبَتْ صَدِيقَتِي تَوْأَمًا مُطَابِقًا فِي مَلَامِحِهِ لِأَبِيهِ.
My friend gave birth to a twin whose features match his father's.
تُشِيرُ الدِّرَاسَاتُ الحَدِيثَةُ إِلَى أَنَّ نِسْبَةَ وِلَادَةِ التَّوَائِمِ قَدِ ازْدَادَتْ بِفَضْلِ تِقْنِيَّاتِ التَّلْقِيحِ الصِّنَاعِيِّ.
Recent studies indicate that the rate of twin births has increased thanks to IVF techniques.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَوْأَمٌ | تَوَائِمُ |
| Genitive | تَوْأَمٍ | تَوَائِمَ |
| Accusative | تَوْأَمًا | تَوَائِمَ |
| Vocative | يَا تَوْأَمُ | يَا تَوَائِمُ |
Word family
تَوْأَمَةfemale twin
تَوَائِمtwins (plural)
تَوَاؤُمharmony, compatibility
مُتَوَائِمcompatible, matching
Etymology
Tawʾam comes from the triliteral Semitic root t-ʾ-m, which carries the sense of pairing or following closely alongside something else. Classical Arabic dictionaries describe the root through the verb taʾama, used for things born or joined in twos. The same root appears across Semitic languages with the same core meaning of twin.
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