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داخِل

inside /ˈdaː.xil/

nounA1#220 most common

Also: interior, inner part

Example sentences

القِطُّ دَاخِلَ الصُّندوقِ.
The cat is inside the box.
ضَعِ الكُتُبَ دَاخِلَ الحَقيبةِ.
Put the books inside the bag.
البَيتُ صَغيرٌ مِنَ الخارِجِ لكِنَّهُ مُريحٌ مِنَ الدّاخِلِ.
The house is small on the outside, but comfortable on the inside.
كانَ هُناكَ صَمتٌ غَريبٌ دَاخِلَ القاعةِ المُظلِمةِ.
There was a strange silence inside the dark hall.
لا يَعرِفُ أَحَدٌ ما يَدورُ دَاخِلَ عَقلِهِ في تِلكَ اللَّحظاتِ.
No one knows what goes on inside his mind in those moments.
ما يَجري دَاخِلَ أَسوارِ المُؤَسَّسةِ يَبقى طَيَّ الكِتمانِ، بَعيداً عَن أَعيُنِ العامّةِ.
What goes on inside the institution's walls stays hidden, far from public eyes.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeدَاخِلٌدَاخِلُونَ
Genitiveدَاخِلٍدَاخِلِينَ
Accusativeدَاخِلًادَاخِلِينَ
Vocativeيَا دَاخِلُيَا دَاخِلُونَ

Word family

دَخَلَ (dakhala)to enter
مَدْخَل (madkhal)entrance
دُخول (dukhūl)entry, admission
داخِلِيّ (dākhilī)internal, interior

Etymology

داخِل is the active participle of the verb دَخَلَ, "to enter," built on the Semitic root د-خ-ل. It first means "the one entering," then settles into a noun for the inside or interior. The same root yields دُخول, "entry," and مَدْخَل, "entrance."

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