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جِدال
argument (a dispute or debate) /dʒɪˈdaːl/
nounB2#3641 most common
Also: debate, dispute, wrangling
Example sentences
لا أحب الجدال.
I don't like arguing.
حدث جدال بين الأخوين.
An argument broke out between the two brothers.
انتهى الجدال بدون أي حل.
The argument ended without any resolution.
اشتد الجدال السياسي قبل الانتخابات بأسبوع.
Political debate intensified a week before the elections.
خاض الكاتب جدالاً فكرياً حاداً حول حرية التعبير.
The writer engaged in a sharp intellectual debate about freedom of expression.
لا جدال في أن التغير المناخي يهدد الأجيال القادمة.
There is no dispute that climate change threatens future generations.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جِدالٌ / الجِدالُ | جِدالاتٌ / الجِدالاتُ |
| Genitive | جِدالٍ / الجِدالِ | جِدالاتٍ / الجِدالاتِ |
| Accusative | جِدالاً / الجِدالَ | جِدالاتٍ / الجِدالاتِ |
| Vocative | يا جِدالُ | يا جِدالاتُ |
Word family
جادَلَto argue with, to dispute with (someone)
جَدَلdispute, controversy, polemic
مُجادَلةarguing, disputation (alternate verbal noun of جادَلَ)
جَدَلِيّdialectical, argumentative
مُجادِلdisputant, one who argues
Etymology
جِدال is the verbal noun of the Form III verb جادَلَ (jādala), "to argue with someone," built on the triliteral root ج-د-ل. That root's core sense is physical: to twist or plait, as in braiding a rope. Arabic extended the image of twisting strands into the idea of twisting words back and forth with an opponent, which is how the root came to mean dispute and argument. This is an internal Semitic root, not traceable to Indo-European, so no PIE root applies.
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