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ثَوْرَة
revolution /ˈθaw.ra/
nounB1#2827 most common
Also: uprising, revolt
Example sentences
قامت ثَوْرَة في البلد.
A revolution broke out in the country.
الثَّوْرَة غيّرت حياة الناس.
The revolution changed people's lives.
شارك أبي في الثَّوْرَة عام 1952.
My father took part in the revolution of 1952.
أدّت الثَّوْرَة الصناعية إلى تغييرات كبيرة في المجتمع.
The industrial revolution led to major changes in society.
لا تزال آثار الثَّوْرَة الفرنسية حاضرة في الفكر السياسي الحديث.
The effects of the French Revolution are still present in modern political thought.
تتشابك دوافع الثَّوْرَات الشعبية بين المطالب الاقتصادية والتطلعات السياسية بشكل يصعب فصله.
The motives behind popular revolutions intertwine economic demands and political aspirations in ways that are hard to separate.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ثَوْرَةٌ (thawratun) | ثَوْرَاتٌ (thawrātun) |
| Genitive | ثَوْرَةٍ (thawratin) | ثَوْرَاتٍ (thawrātin) |
| Accusative | ثَوْرَةً (thawratan) | ثَوْرَاتٍ (thawrātin) |
| Vocative | يَا ثَوْرَةُ (yā thawratu) | يَا ثَوْرَاتُ (yā thawrātu) |
Word family
ثَارَ / يَثُورto revolt, rise up, erupt
ثَائِرrebel, revolutionary
ثَوْرِيّrevolutionary (relating to a revolution)
إِثَارَةexcitement, stirring up, provocation
مُثِيرexciting, provocativeEtymology
Thawra comes from the Arabic root th-w-r (ث و ر), tied to the verb thāra, meaning to rise up, stir, or become agitated. Thawra is a verbal noun built on the faʿla pattern, which in Arabic often marks a single instance of an action, so it literally denotes one act of rising up. The same root gives thawr, the word for bull, an animal traditionally associated with being roused or stirred to action, though lexicographers debate the exact link between the two senses.
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