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جُرْأَة
boldness /ˈdʒurʔa/
nounB2#3557 most common
Also: audacity, courage, nerve
Example sentences
عنده جرأة كبيرة.
He has great boldness.
ليس لدي الجرأة لأقول ذلك.
I don't have the courage to say that.
تحدثت بجرأة أمام الجميع.
She spoke boldly in front of everyone.
أعجبتني جرأتها في مواجهة المشاكل.
Her boldness in facing problems impressed me.
تطلّب الأمر جرأة كبيرة لاتخاذ هذا القرار الصعب.
The matter required great boldness to make that difficult decision.
كانت جرأته في انتقاد النظام سببًا في اعتقاله.
His boldness in criticizing the regime was the reason for his arrest.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جرأةٌ | جرَآتٌ |
| Genitive | جرأةٍ | جرَآتٍ |
| Accusative | جرأةً | جرَآتٍ |
| Vocative | جرأةُ | جرَآتُ |
Word family
جريءbold, daring, audacious
تجرّأto dare, to muster the courage
جرّأto embolden, to give someone courage
استجرأto presume to act boldly, to venture
Etymology
جرأة is the verbal noun of the triliteral Arabic root ج-ر-أ (jaraʾa/jaruʾa), meaning to dare or to be bold. The noun pattern فُعْلَة turns that root idea of daring into an abstract quality: the state of being bold. This is a native Semitic formation, not a loanword.
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