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خَلْفِيَّة
background /xalˈfij.ja/
nounB2#3707 most common
Also: backdrop, wallpaper (of a screen), background knowledge or experience
Example sentences
خَلْفِيَّةُ الصُّورَةِ زَرْقَاءُ.
The background of the picture is blue.
غَيَّرْتُ خَلْفِيَّةَ هاتِفي.
I changed my phone's wallpaper.
لَيْسَ لَدَيْهِ خَلْفِيَّةٌ عَنْ هٰذَا الْمَوْضُوعِ.
He has no background on this subject.
تَتَحَدَّثُ الوَثيقَةُ عَنِ الخَلْفِيَّةِ التّارِيخِيَّةِ لِلْأَزْمَةِ.
The document discusses the historical background of the crisis.
مِنَ الصَّعْبِ فَهْمُ القَرارِ دونَ مَعْرِفَةِ خَلْفِيّاتِهِ السِّياسِيَّةِ.
It is hard to understand the decision without knowing its political background.
تُلْقِي هٰذِهِ الدِّراسَةُ الضَّوْءَ عَلَى الخَلْفِيَّاتِ الِاجْتِماعِيَّةِ وَالِاقْتِصادِيَّةِ الَّتي شَكَّلَتْ مَوْقِفَ الحُكومَةِ.
This study sheds light on the social and economic backgrounds that shaped the government's position.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خَلْفِيَّةٌ | خَلْفِيَّاتٌ |
| Genitive | خَلْفِيَّةٍ | خَلْفِيَّاتٍ |
| Accusative | خَلْفِيَّةً | خَلْفِيَّاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا خَلْفِيَّةُ | يا خَلْفِيَّاتُ |
Word family
خَلْفbehind, back
خَليفةsuccessor, caliph
خالَفَto oppose, contradict, go against
اِخْتِلافdifference, disagreement
خِلافِيّcontroversial, disputed
Etymology
خَلْفِيَّة comes from the Arabic root خ-ل-ف (kh-l-f), which carries the sense of being behind or coming after. The noun خَلْف means simply behind or back. Adding the suffix ـِيَّة, which turns a word into an abstract noun, produces خَلْفِيَّة, literally the state or quality of being behind, which became the word for background.
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