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خَطْوَة
step /ˈxatˤ.wa/
nounA1#555 most common
Also: pace, stride, move (figurative)
Example sentences
هَذِهِ أَوَّلُ خَطْوَة.
This is the first step.
خَطَا الطِّفْلُ خَطْوَةً صَغِيرَةً.
The child took a small step.
كُلُّ خَطْوَةٍ تُقَرِّبُنا مِنَ الهَدَف.
Every step brings us closer to the goal.
كانَتْ تِلْكَ خَطْوَةً جَريئَةً نَحْوَ التَّغْيير.
That was a bold step toward change.
تَقَدَّمَ المَشْروعُ خَطْوَةً واحِدَةً إلى الأَمامِ رَغْمَ العَقَبات.
The project advanced one step forward despite the obstacles.
لا يُقاسُ النَّجاحُ بِالقَفَزات، بَلْ بِكُلِّ خَطْوَةٍ ثابِتَةٍ نَحْوَ الغايَة.
Success is not measured by leaps, but by every steady step toward the aim.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خَطْوَةٌ | خَطَوَاتٌ |
| Genitive | خَطْوَةٍ | خَطَوَاتٍ |
| Accusative | خَطْوَةً | خَطَوَاتٍ |
| Vocative | خَطْوَةُ | خَطَوَاتُ |
Word family
خَطَاto take a step, to stride
خَطَوَاتsteps (plural)
خُطْوَةstep (variant vocalization)
خَطْوthe act of striding
تَخَطَّىto step over, to overcome
Etymology
خَطْوَة comes from the Arabic root خ-ط-و, which carries the sense of stepping and walking. It is the noun of single instance built from the verb خَطَا, meaning to step or stride. The ة ending marks one occurrence, so the word names a single step or pace. Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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