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خُطْبَة
sermon /ˈxutˤ.ba/
nounA1#690 most common
Also: speech, oration, address
Example sentences
خُطْبَةُ الجُمُعَةِ طَوِيلَةٌ.
The Friday sermon is long.
أَلْقَى الإِمَامُ خُطْبَةً قَصِيرَةً.
The imam delivered a short sermon.
اسْتَمَعْنَا إِلَى خُطْبَةٍ مُؤَثِّرَةٍ فِي المَسْجِدِ.
We listened to a moving sermon in the mosque.
كَانَتْ خُطْبَةُ الوَدَاعِ مِنْ أَشْهَرِ خُطَبِ النَّبِيِّ.
The Farewell Sermon was among the most famous sermons of the Prophet.
تَنَاوَلَ الخَطِيبُ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ قَضَايَا اجْتِمَاعِيَّةً مُعَاصِرَةً.
In his sermon, the preacher dealt with contemporary social issues.
تُعَدُّ الخُطَبُ المِنْبَرِيَّةُ فَنًّا بَلَاغِيًّا لَهُ أُصُولُهُ وَقَوَاعِدُهُ.
Pulpit sermons are considered a rhetorical art with its own principles and rules.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خُطْبَةٌ | خُطَبٌ |
| Genitive | خُطْبَةٍ | خُطَبٍ |
| Accusative | خُطْبَةً | خُطَبًا |
| Vocative | يَا خُطْبَةُ | يَا خُطَبُ |
Word family
خَطِيبpreacher, orator
خَطَبَto deliver an oration
خِطَابaddress, speech, discourse
خِطَابَةoratory, rhetoric
مُخَاطَبthe one addressed, addressee
Etymology
The noun comes from the triliteral root خ-ط-ب, which carries the sense of addressing people and speaking in public. The related verb خَطَبَ means to stand and deliver an oration. The فُعْلَة pattern names a single act of that speaking, hence a sermon or address. Arabic is a Semitic language, so the word has no Indo-European root.
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