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ثَرْثَرَة
chatter, prattle /ˈθarθara/
nounB2#3640 most common
Also: idle talk, babbling, small talk (excessive)
Example sentences
هَذِهِ ثَرْثَرَةٌ فَقَط.
This is just chatter.
أُحِبُّ الثَّرْثَرَةَ مَعَ أَصْدِقَائِي بَعْدَ الْمَدْرَسَةِ.
I like chatting with my friends after school.
كَانَتِ الْبَنَاتُ مُنْشَغِلَاتٍ بِالثَّرْثَرَةِ طَوَالَ الرِّحْلَةِ.
The girls were busy chattering throughout the trip.
قَالَ الْمُدَرِّسُ إِنَّ الثَّرْثَرَةَ فِي الصَّفِّ تُشَتِّتُ انْتِبَاهَ الطُّلَّابِ.
The teacher said that chatter in class distracts the students' attention.
تُضَيِّعُ الثَّرْثَرَةُ الزَّائِدَةُ عَلَى وَسَائِلِ التَّوَاصُلِ الِاجْتِمَاعِيِّ وَقْتًا ثَمِينًا.
Excessive chatter on social media wastes precious time.
بَدَلَ الِانْشِغَالِ بِالثَّرْثَرَاتِ السَّطْحِيَّةِ، حَاوَلَ أَنْ يُرَكِّزَ عَلَى مَا يُفِيدُهُ فِعْلًا.
Instead of being caught up in superficial chatter, he tried to focus on what would actually help him.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ثَرْثَرَةٌ | ثَرْثَراتٌ |
| Genitive | ثَرْثَرَةٍ | ثَرْثَراتٍ |
| Accusative | ثَرْثَرَةً | ثَرْثَراتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا ثَرْثَرَةُ | يَا ثَرْثَراتُ |
Word family
ثَرْثَرَto chatter, to prattle
ثَرْثَارٌchatterbox, talkative (masculine)
ثَرْثَارَةٌchatterbox, talkative (feminine)
مُثَرْثِرone who chatters, a chatterer
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root ث-ر-ث-ر, a four-letter root built by doubling the two-letter base ث-ر. Arabic uses this doubling pattern to form words for repetitive or continuous sounds, so the shape of the word itself mimics endless talk. From this root Arabic derives the verb ثَرْثَرَ (to chatter) and the noun ثَرْثَرَة, its verbal noun. This is an internal Arabic (Semitic) formation, not borrowed from another language family.
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