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خُدْعَة
trick /ˈxudʕa/
nounB1#1486 most common
Also: ruse, ploy, stratagem
Example sentences
هَذِهِ خُدْعَة.
This is a trick.
وَقَعَ الوَلَدُ فِي الخُدْعَة.
The boy fell for the trick.
لَمْ تَكُنْ حَقِيقَة، بَلْ كانَتْ خُدْعَة ذَكِيَّة.
It was not real, it was a clever trick.
اكْتَشَفَ المُحَقِّقُ الخُدْعَةَ قَبْلَ فَواتِ الأَوَان.
The detective uncovered the ruse before it was too late.
لَجَأَ القائِدُ إِلى خُدْعَةٍ عَسْكَرِيَّةٍ لِيُضَلِّلَ العَدُوَّ ويَكْسِبَ الوَقْت.
The commander resorted to a military ruse to mislead the enemy and gain time.
لَمْ تَكُنْ سِوى خُدْعَةٍ مُحْكَمَةٍ نَسَجَها لِيُوهِمَ الجَمِيعَ بِبَراءَتِهِ، فانْطَلَتْ على القُضاةِ أَنْفُسِهِم.
It was nothing but a well crafted ruse he wove to convince everyone of his innocence, and it even fooled the judges themselves.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خُدْعَةٌ | خُدَعٌ |
| Genitive | خُدْعَةٍ | خُدَعٍ |
| Accusative | خُدْعَةً | خُدَعاً |
| Vocative | يا خُدْعَةُ | يا خُدَعُ |
Word family
خَدَعَto deceive, cheat
خِدَاعdeception, deceit
خَدَّاعdeceiver; deceptive
خَادِعdeceptive, misleading
انْخَدَعَto be deceived, to fall for
Etymology
خُدْعَة comes from the Arabic root خ-د-ع, which means to deceive or mislead. The فُعْلَة noun pattern names a single instance, so the word denotes one act of trickery. The same root gives the verb خَدَعَ, he deceived, and the noun خِدَاع, deceit. The root is Semitic in origin and has no Indo-European source.
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