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رَشْوَة
bribe /ˈraʃ.wa/
nounB2#3115 most common
Also: bribery, graft
Example sentences
هَذِهِ رَشْوَة.
This is a bribe.
لا تَقْبَلِ الرَشْوَة.
Don't accept the bribe.
عَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ رَشْوَةً لِيَسْكُتَ.
He offered him a bribe to keep him quiet.
قُبِضَ عَلَى المُوَظَّفِ وَهُوَ يَتَقاضَى رَشْوَةً.
The official was caught taking a bribe.
تُعَدُّ الرَشْوَةُ مِنْ أَخْطَرِ أَشْكالِ الفَسادِ الإِداريِّ.
Bribery is considered one of the most serious forms of administrative corruption.
عَلى الرَغْمِ مِنَ القَوانينِ الصارِمَةِ، ما زالَتِ الرَشاوى تُقَوِّضُ الثِقَةَ في المُؤَسَّساتِ العامَّةِ.
Despite strict laws, bribes still undermine trust in public institutions.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | رَشْوَةٌ | رَشَاوَى |
| Genitive | رَشْوَةٍ | رَشَاوَى |
| Accusative | رَشْوَةً | رَشَاوَى |
| Vocative | يا رَشْوَةُ | يا رَشَاوَى |
Word family
راشٍbriber
مُرْتَشٍbribe-taker
يَرْشُوto bribe
ارْتِشاءbribery, graft (the taking side)
رِشْوَةbribe (alternate vowelling of the same word)
Etymology
رَشْوَة comes from the Arabic root ر-ش-و (r-sh-w), which underlies the verb رَشَا, meaning to give something to corrupt a person's judgment. The noun follows the فَعْلَة pattern common for a single instance of an action. It is a native Semitic formation, not borrowed from another language family.
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