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دَوْرِيَّة
patrol (a group, vehicle, or round sent to watch over an area) /dawˈrijja/
nounB2#3961 most common
Also: periodical (a journal published at regular intervals), patrolling, round
Example sentences
الشرطة أرسلت دورية إلى الشارع.
The police sent a patrol to the street.
رأيت دورية أمنية أمام المدرسة.
I saw a security patrol in front of the school.
تقوم الدورية بالتفتيش على المنطقة كل ليلة.
The patrol inspects the area every night.
نشر الباحث مقاله في دورية علمية مرموقة.
The researcher published his article in a prestigious scientific journal.
كانت الدوريات العسكرية تجوب الحدود لمنع التسلل.
Military patrols used to roam the border to prevent infiltration.
أسهمت الدوريات البحرية المشتركة بين الدول في الحد من عمليات القرصنة قبالة السواحل الصومالية.
Joint naval patrols between the countries helped curb piracy operations off the Somali coast.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | دَوْرِيَّةٌ | دَوْرِيَّاتٌ |
| Genitive | دَوْرِيَّةٍ | دَوْرِيَّاتٍ |
| Accusative | دَوْرِيَّةً | دَوْرِيَّاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا دَوْرِيَّةُ | يا دَوْرِيَّاتُ |
Word family
دَوْر (dawr)turn, role, cycle
دَائِرَة (dā'ira)circle, department, agency
دَوْرِيّ (dawriyy)periodic, recurring; also used as a noun for a sports league
تَدْوِير (tadwīr)rotation, recycling
إِدَارَة (idāra)administration, management
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root د-و-ر, which carries the idea of turning, revolving, or going around in a cycle. From this root comes the adjective دَوْرِيّ (dawriyy), meaning periodic or recurring, and adding the feminine ending ة produces دَوْرِيَّة, literally a recurring round. That sense of a repeated circuit gave rise to two everyday meanings: a patrol that repeatedly circles an area, and a periodical published at regular intervals.
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