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جِيل
generation /d͡ʒiːl/
nounB1#1585 most common
Also: age group, cohort
Example sentences
هٰذا جِيل جَديد.
This is a new generation.
جَدّي مِن جِيل قَديم.
My grandfather is from an old generation.
كُلّ جِيل لَهُ مُوسيقاهُ الخاصّة.
Every generation has its own music.
يَختَلِف جِيل الشَّباب اليَوم عَن جِيل آبائِهِم.
Today's young generation differs from the generation of their parents.
نَشَأَ هٰذا الجِيل في ظِلّ التِّكنولوجيا الرَّقَمِيّة وَوَسائِل التَّواصُل.
This generation grew up in the shadow of digital technology and social media.
يَرى المُؤَرِّخون أَنَّ كُلَّ جِيلٍ يُعيدُ تَفسيرَ ماضيهِ وَفقَ هُمومِهِ الرّاهِنة.
Historians hold that each generation reinterprets its past according to its present concerns.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جِيلٌ | أَجْيالٌ |
| Genitive | جِيلٍ | أَجْيالٍ |
| Accusative | جِيلاً | أَجْيالاً |
| Vocative | يا جِيلُ | يا أَجْيالُ |
Word family
أَجْيالgenerations
جِيلِيّgenerational
بَيْنَ الأَجْيالintergenerational
Etymology
The word جِيل denotes a generation or cohort of people of roughly the same age. In classical usage it could also mean a nation or a class of beings. The plural form أَجْيال is common in modern speech and writing.
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