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حِراسَة
guarding, guard duty /ħɪˈraː.sa/
nounB1#2552 most common
Also: protection, security (watch), sentry duty
Example sentences
هُناكَ حِراسَةٌ عِندَ البابِ.
There is a guard at the door.
يَعمَلُ أَخي في الحِراسَةِ.
My brother works in security.
الحِراسَةُ اللَّيلِيَّةُ صَعبَةٌ جِدًّا.
Night guard duty is very hard.
تَحتاجُ الشَّرِكَةُ إلى تَعزيزِ الحِراسَةِ الأَمنِيَّةِ في المَبنى.
The company needs to strengthen security guarding in the building.
تَولَّى الجُنودُ حِراسَةَ الحُدودِ طَوالَ اللَّيلِ دونَ راحَةٍ.
The soldiers took charge of guarding the border all night without rest.
أَثارَت التَّقاريرُ تَساؤُلاتٍ حَولَ مَدى فَعّالِيَّةِ إجراءاتِ الحِراسَةِ في المُنشَآتِ الحَسّاسَةِ.
The reports raised questions about how effective the guarding procedures are at sensitive facilities.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حِراسَةٌ | حِراساتٌ |
| Genitive | حِراسَةٍ | حِراساتٍ |
| Accusative | حِراسَةً | حِراساتٍ |
| Vocative | حِراسَةُ | حِراساتُ |
Word family
حارِسguard, watchman
حَرَسَto guard, watch over
يَحرُسُhe guards
مَحروسguarded, protected
الحَرَسthe guard corps, e.g. the National Guard
Etymology
حِراسَة comes from the Arabic triliteral root ح ر س (ḥ-r-s), which carries the sense of watching over and protecting. The word itself is a maṣdar, a verbal noun built on the فِعالة pattern that Arabic often uses for occupations and sustained activities, such as كِتابة (writing) or زِراعة (farming). This root is native Semitic, not Indo-European, so it has no Proto-Indo-European ancestor.
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