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خَبَر
news /ˈxabar/
nounA1#261 most common
Also: piece of news, report, (grammar) predicate of a nominal sentence
Example sentences
هَذَا خَبَرٌ جَيِّدٌ.
This is good news.
هَلْ عِنْدَكَ خَبَرٌ جَدِيدٌ؟
Do you have any new news?
سَمِعْتُ الخَبَرَ فِي الرَّادْيُو هَذَا الصَّبَاحَ.
I heard the news on the radio this morning.
اِنْتَشَرَ الخَبَرُ بِسُرْعَةٍ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ.
The news spread quickly among people.
تَتَنَاقَلُ وَسَائِلُ الإِعْلَامِ أَخْبَارًا مُتَنَاقِضَةً عَنِ الحَادِثِ.
The media circulate contradictory reports about the incident.
لَمْ يَكُنْ هُنَاكَ خَبَرٌ يَقِينِيٌّ، بَلْ مَحْضُ إِشَاعَاتٍ تَتَرَدَّدُ.
There was no certain news, only mere rumors going around.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خَبَرٌ | أَخْبَارٌ |
| Genitive | خَبَرٍ | أَخْبَارٍ |
| Accusative | خَبَرًا | أَخْبَارًا |
| Vocative | يَا خَبَرُ | يَا أَخْبَارُ |
Word family
أَخْبَرَto inform, to tell
خَبِيرexpert, connoisseurخِبْرَةexperience, expertiseمُخْبِرinformer, reporter, detective
مُخَابَرَاتintelligence agency
Etymology
خَبَر derives from the Semitic root خ-ب-ر, which carries the sense of knowing, informing, and testing. The noun names the result of that informing: a piece of news or a report. The same root gives خَبِير, an expert, and خِبْرَة, experience, both tied to knowledge gained firsthand.
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