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ذِكْرَيات
memories /ðik.raˈjaːt/
nounB1#1635 most common
Also: recollections, reminiscences
Example sentences
لِي ذِكْرَيات جَميلة.
I have beautiful memories.
هذِهِ الصُّورة تَحمِلُ ذِكْرَيات كَثيرة.
This photo holds many memories.
نَتَحَدَّثُ عَنْ ذِكْرَيات الطُّفولة.
We talk about childhood memories.
عادَتْ إِلَيْهِ ذِكْرَيات أَيّامِ الدِّراسة فَجْأةً.
Memories of his school days suddenly came back to him.
كَتَبَ الشّاعِرُ كِتاباً عَنْ ذِكْرَياتِهِ في المَنفى.
The poet wrote a book about his memories in exile.
ما زالَتْ ذِكْرَيات تِلْكَ الحَرْبِ تُلاحِقُ الجِيلَ القَديمَ رَغْمَ مُرورِ عُقودٍ عَلَيْها.
The memories of that war still haunt the old generation, even though decades have passed.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ذِكْرَى | ذِكْرَياتٌ |
| Genitive | ذِكْرَى | ذِكْرَياتٍ |
| Accusative | ذِكْرَى | ذِكْرَياتٍ |
| Vocative | يا ذِكْرَى | يا ذِكْرَيات |
Word family
ذَكَرَto mention, to remember
تَذَكَّرَto recall, to recollect
ذِكْرَىa memory, anniversaryذاكِرةmemory (the mental faculty)
تَذْكِرةticket, reminder
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic triliteral root ذ-ك-ر, meaning to remember or to mention. From it grew the noun ذِكْرَى, a single memory or remembrance, and ذِكْرَيات is its feminine plural. The root is ancient and shared across the Semitic languages.
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