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خَلَوِيّ
cellular /xa.laˈwij.j/
adjectiveB2#3266 most common
Also: mobile (as in cell phone), cell-related
Example sentences
عِنْدِي هَاتِفٌ خَلَوِيٌّ جَدِيدٌ.
I have a new cell phone.
أَيْنَ هَاتِفُكَ الخَلَوِيُّ؟
Where is your cell phone?
نَسِيتُ هَاتِفِي الخَلَوِيَّ فِي البَيْتِ.
I forgot my cell phone at home.
تَدْرُسُ الطَّالِبَةُ تَرْكِيبَ الغِشَاءِ الخَلَوِيِّ فِي مُخْتَبَرِ الأَحْيَاءِ.
The student studies the structure of the cell membrane in the biology lab.
تُسَبِّبُ بَعْضُ الفَيْرُوسَاتِ تَلَفًا فِي الجِدَارِ الخَلَوِيِّ لِلْبَكْتِيرْيَا.
Some viruses cause damage to the cell wall of bacteria.
أَدَّى انْتِشَارُ شَبَكَاتِ الاتِّصَالِ الخَلَوِيِّ إِلَى تَحَوُّلٍ جَذْرِيٍّ فِي طَرِيقَةِ تَوَاصُلِ البَشَرِ.
The spread of cellular communication networks led to a radical shift in how people communicate.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خَلَوِيٌّ | خَلَوِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | خَلَوِيٍّ | خَلَوِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | خَلَوِيًّا | خَلَوِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | يَا خَلَوِيُّ | يَا خَلَوِيُّونَ |
Word family
خَلِيَّةcell (biological or honeycomb compartment)
خَلَاto be empty, to be alone
خَلْوَةseclusion, private retreat
خَالٍempty, vacant
إِخْلَاءevacuation
Etymology
The word traces to the Arabic root kh-l-w, which carries the sense of being empty, vacant, or alone. From this root came khaliyyah, meaning a cell, originally a small hollow chamber such as a honeycomb compartment or a monk's cell. Khalawiyy is the nisba, or relational, adjective built on that noun, so it literally means of or relating to a cell. Modern Arabic extended the word in two directions: to biology, for cell membranes and cell walls, and to telecommunications, for mobile networks, whose coverage is mapped in overlapping cells.
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