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حِصَّة
share, portion /ˈħisˤ.sˤa/
nounB1#1921 most common
Also: class period, lesson (at school), quota, stake, market share
Example sentences
عِنْدي حِصَّة عَرَبيّة اليَوم.
I have an Arabic class today.
أَخَذَ كُلُّ طِفْلٍ حِصَّةً مِنَ الكَعْكَة.
Each child took a portion of the cake.
تَبْدَأُ الحِصَّةُ الأولى في الثامِنَةِ صَباحاً.
The first class period starts at eight in the morning.
حِصَّتُهُ في الشَّرِكَةِ تَبْلُغُ خَمْسينَ في المِئَة.
His stake in the company amounts to fifty percent.
تَنازَلَ الوَرَثَةُ عَنْ حِصَصِهِمْ في الميراثِ لِصالِحِ أُمِّهِمْ.
The heirs gave up their shares of the inheritance in favor of their mother.
تُحَدِّدُ الحِصَّةُ السُّوقِيَّةُ لِلشَّرِكَةِ قُدْرَتَها على المُنافَسَة.
The company's market share determines its ability to compete.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حِصَّةٌ | حِصَصٌ |
| Genitive | حِصَّةٍ | حِصَصٍ |
| Accusative | حِصَّةً | حِصَصاً |
| Vocative | يا حِصَّةُ | يا حِصَصُ |
Word family
حِصَصshares, portions (plural)
مُحاصّةapportionment, sharing out
حَصَّto fall to someone as a share
حِصَّة سُوقِيّةmarket share
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root ح-ص-ص, which carries the sense of allotting or portioning out. The noun follows the فِعْلة pattern, a common shape for a single unit of an action or thing. The school sense, one allotted period of the day, grew from the same core idea of a measured share.
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