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خَسارَة
loss /xaˈsaːra/
nounA2#1299 most common
Also: damage, what a pity, waste
Example sentences
يا خَسارَة!
What a pity!
كانَت خَسارَة كَبيرَة.
It was a big loss.
خَسارَة الفَريق في المُباراة كانَت مُؤلِمَة.
The team's loss in the match was painful.
تَكَبَّدَت الشَّرِكَة خَسارَة فادِحَة هذا العام.
The company suffered a heavy loss this year.
رَغمَ الخَسارَة الماليَّة الكَبيرَة، قَرَّرَ المُستَثمِرونَ المُضِيَّ في المَشروع.
Despite the large financial loss, the investors decided to proceed with the project.
إنَّ تَقييمَ حَجمِ الخَسارَة يَتَطَلَّبُ تَحليلًا دَقيقًا لِلأَرباحِ والنَّفَقاتِ على مَدى سَنَواتٍ عِدَّة.
Assessing the size of the loss requires a careful analysis of profits and expenditures over several years.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خَسارَةٌ | خَسائِرُ |
| Genitive | خَسارَةٍ | خَسائِرَ |
| Accusative | خَسارَةً | خَسائِرَ |
| Vocative | يا خَسارَةُ | يا خَسائِرُ |
Word family
خَسِرَto lose, suffer a loss
خاسِرloser; losingخَسائِرlosses (plural)
خَسَّرَto cause loss, make someone lose
Etymology
The word comes from the triliteral Semitic root خ-س-ر (kh-s-r), which carries the sense of losing or coming up short. خَسارَة is a noun built on the pattern فَعالَة from the verb خَسِرَ, "to lose." The same root is prominent in the Quran, where خُسْر denotes ruin or spiritual loss.
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