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ذِكْرَى
memory /ðikˈraː/
nounB1#1695 most common
Also: remembrance, anniversary, reminiscence
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ ذِكْرَى جَمِيلَة.
This is a beautiful memory.
عِنْدِي ذِكْرَى مِنَ الطُّفُولَة.
I have a memory from childhood.
نَحْتَفِلُ بِذِكْرَى الزَّوَاج كُلَّ سَنَة.
We celebrate the wedding anniversary every year.
تَرَكَ جَدِّي لَنَا ذِكْرَى لَا تُنْسَى.
My grandfather left us an unforgettable memory.
في ذِكْرَى الاسْتِقْلَال، يَخْرُجُ النَّاسُ إِلَى الشَّوَارِع حَامِلِينَ الأَعْلَام.
On the anniversary of independence, people go out into the streets carrying flags.
لَمْ تَبْقَ مِنْ تِلْكَ المَدِينَةِ القَدِيمَةِ سِوَى ذِكْرَى بَاهِتَة تَتَلَاشَى مَعَ كُلِّ جِيل.
Nothing remains of that ancient city but a faint memory that fades with each generation.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ذِكْرَى | ذِكْرَيَات |
| Genitive | ذِكْرَى | ذِكْرَيَات |
| Accusative | ذِكْرَى | ذِكْرَيَات |
| Vocative | يَا ذِكْرَى | يَا ذِكْرَيَات |
Word family
ذِكْرmention, remembrance
ذَاكِرَةmemory (the faculty)
تَذَكَّرَto recall, remember
ذَكَّرَto remind
تَذْكَارmemento, commemoration
Etymology
ذِكْرَى derives from the triliteral root ذ-ك-ر (dh-k-r), which carries the sense of remembering and mentioning. It is a verbal noun built on the فِعْلَى pattern, expressing the result or instance of recollection. The same root produces words for memory, mention, and the act of invoking God's name.
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