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تِلْمِيذ
student, pupil /tilˈmiːð/
nounB2#3900 most common
Also: disciple, apprentice
Example sentences
هُوَ تِلْمِيذٌ.
He is a student.
التِّلْمِيذُ يَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْمَدْرَسَةِ.
The student goes to school.
هٰذَا التِّلْمِيذُ يَجْتَهِدُ فِي دُرُوسِهِ.
This student works hard at his lessons.
كَافَأَ الْمُعَلِّمُ التِّلْمِيذَ عَلَى تَفَوُّقِهِ.
The teacher rewarded the student for his excellence.
يَنْبَغِي عَلَى التِّلْمِيذِ أَنْ يَحْتَرِمَ مُعَلِّمَهُ وَيُصْغِيَ إِلَى نَصَائِحِهِ.
A student should respect his teacher and listen to his advice.
كَانَ ذٰلِكَ التِّلْمِيذُ الَّذِي تَفَوَّقَ عَلَى أَقْرَانِهِ فِي الِامْتِحَانِ النِّهَائِيِّ مَصْدَرَ فَخْرٍ لِمُعَلِّمِيهِ.
That student, who outperformed his peers in the final exam, was a source of pride for his teachers.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تِلْمِيذٌ | تَلَامِيذُ |
| Genitive | تِلْمِيذٍ | تَلَامِيذَ |
| Accusative | تِلْمِيذًا | تَلَامِيذَ |
| Vocative | يَا تِلْمِيذُ | يَا تَلَامِيذُ |
Word family
تِلْمِيذَةfemale student, pupil
تَلَامِيذstudents, pupils (plural)
تِلْمِذَةapprenticeship, discipleship
تَلْمَذَto apprentice oneself under a teacher
Etymology
Tilmīdh is a loanword from Aramaic talmīdhā, itself built on the same root as Hebrew talmid, meaning student, and connected to the word Talmud, which means teaching or study. Arabic absorbed the word early through contact with Aramaic-speaking Jewish and Christian communities in the Near East. Arabic grammarians later treated its four consonants, t-l-m-dh, as a native quadriliteral root, spinning off a verb, talmadha, meaning to apprentice oneself to a teacher.
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