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حُرِّيَّة
freedom /ħurˈrij.ja/
nounA2#1051 most common
Also: liberty, independence
Example sentences
الحُرِّيَّة مُهِمَّة.
Freedom is important.
نُرِيدُ الحُرِّيَّةَ والسَّلامَ.
We want freedom and peace.
ناضَلَ الشَّعْبُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الحُرِّيَّةِ.
The people struggled for freedom.
تَضْمَنُ الدَّوْلَةُ حُرِّيَّةَ التَّعْبِيرِ لِكُلِّ المُواطِنِينَ.
The state guarantees freedom of expression for all citizens.
لا حُرِّيَّةَ بِلا مَسْؤُولِيَّةٍ.
There is no freedom without responsibility.
رَأى الفَلاسِفَةُ في الحُرِّيَّةِ شَرْطاً لِلْكَرامَةِ الإِنْسانِيَّةِ لا تَرَفاً يُمْنَحُ.
The philosophers saw in freedom a condition of human dignity, not a luxury to be granted.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حُرِّيَّةٌ | حُرِّيَّاتٌ |
| Genitive | حُرِّيَّةٍ | حُرِّيَّاتٍ |
| Accusative | حُرِّيَّةً | حُرِّيَّاتٍ |
| Vocative | حُرِّيَّةُ | حُرِّيَّاتُ |
Word family
حُرّfree, freeborn
حَرَّرَto liberate, to free; to edit
تَحْرِيرliberation; editingتَحَرُّرemancipation, becoming free
مُحَرِّرliberator; editor
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ḥ-r-r, tied to the adjective ḥurr, meaning a free or freeborn person as opposed to a slave. To this base Arabic adds the abstract suffix -iyya, giving the sense of free-ness. The Classical use centered on legal status, while the political meaning of liberty grew mainly in the 19th-century Nahda reform period under European influence.
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