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خَلِيَّة
cell /xaˈlij.ja/
nounB1#1867 most common
Also: honeycomb cell, comb of a beehive, cell (small organized group, e.g. a terrorist cell), unit (as in a solar or battery cell)
Example sentences
الخَلِيَّة صَغِيرة.
The cell is small.
نَدرُس الخَلِيَّة في دَرس العُلوم.
We study the cell in the science lesson.
تَحتَوي الخَلِيَّة على نَواة وغِشاء.
The cell contains a nucleus and a membrane.
تَنقَسِم الخَلِيَّة الواحِدة إلى خَلِيَّتَين.
A single cell divides into two cells.
اكتَشَفَت الشُّرطة خَلِيَّة إرهابية كانت تُخَطِّط لِهُجوم.
The police uncovered a terrorist cell that was planning an attack.
تُحَوِّل كُلُّ خَلِيَّة شَمسية جُزءاً مِنَ الضَّوء الساقِط إلى طاقة كَهرَبائية.
Each solar cell converts part of the incident light into electrical energy.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خَلِيَّةٌ | خَلايا |
| Genitive | خَلِيَّةٍ | خَلايا |
| Accusative | خَلِيَّةً | خَلايا |
| Vocative | يا خَلِيَّةُ | يا خَلايا |
Word family
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root خ-ل-و, which carries the sense of being empty or set apart. A خَلِيَّة is a small enclosed space, first the compartment of a beehive, then extended to the biological cell and to any small self-contained unit. It follows the فَعِيلة pattern common to nouns of this type.
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