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رَوْز
testing /ˈrawz/
nounA2#1173 most common
Also: appraisal, weighing up, sounding out
Example sentences
الرَّوْزُ مُهِمٌّ.
Testing is important.
نَبْدَأُ رَوْزَ السِّلَعِ قَبْلَ شِرائِها.
We begin appraising the goods before buying them.
يُحِبُّ المُعَلِّمُ رَوْزَ طُلّابِهِ في بِدايَةِ العامِ.
The teacher likes to assess his students at the start of the year.
لا يَكْتَمِلُ القَرارُ إلّا بَعْدَ رَوْزٍ دَقيقٍ لِكُلِّ الاحْتِمالاتِ.
The decision is not final until after a careful weighing of all the possibilities.
كانَ القائِدُ بارِعًا في رَوْزِ الرِّجالِ، فَيَعْرِفُ مَعادِنَهُم مِنْ أَوَّلِ لِقاءٍ.
The commander was skilled at sounding out men, and could read their true mettle from the first meeting.
إنَّ رَوْزَ النُّفوسِ أَصْعَبُ مِنْ رَوْزِ المَعادِنِ، فَالقُلوبُ لا تُوزَنُ بِميزانٍ.
Weighing souls is harder than weighing metals, for hearts cannot be measured on any scale.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | رَوْزٌ | |
| Genitive | رَوْزٍ | |
| Accusative | رَوْزًا | |
| Vocative | يا رَوْزُ |
Word family
رَازَto weigh in the hand; to test, try
يَرُوزُhe tests, he weighs
رَائِزtester; gauge, probe
مَرُوزtested, tried
Etymology
The word comes from the triliteral root r-w-z, a hollow root with a medial waw. The base verb رَازَ first meant to lift something in the hand and weigh it to gauge its weight. From that physical act the sense widened to testing and trying, sounding out a person or thing to learn its worth. رَوْز is the verbal noun that names this act of weighing and testing.
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