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زَمَنِيّ
temporal (relating to time) /za.maˈniːj/
adjectiveB1#2715 most common
Also: chronological, secular (as opposed to spiritual), time-related
Example sentences
الجَدْوَلُ الزَّمَنِيُّ واضِحٌ.
The timetable is clear.
أُريدُ مَعْرِفَةَ التَّرْتيبِ الزَّمَنِيِّ لِلْأَحْداثِ.
I want to know the chronological order of the events.
يَجِبُ أَنْ نُحَدِّدَ إِطارًا زَمَنِيًّا لِلْمَشْروعِ.
We must set a time frame for the project.
يَخْتَلِفُ المَفْهومُ الزَّمَنِيُّ لِلتّارِيخِ بَيْنَ الثَّقافاتِ.
The temporal concept of history differs between cultures.
الفَصْلُ بَيْنَ السُّلْطَةِ الزَّمَنِيَّةِ وَالسُّلْطَةِ الرُّوحِيَّةِ مَبْدَأٌ أَساسِيٌّ فِي بَعْضِ الدُّوَلِ.
The separation between temporal authority and spiritual authority is a basic principle in some states.
تَتَناوَلُ الدِّراسَةُ البُعْدَ الزَّمَنِيَّ لِلظّاهِرَةِ الاجْتِماعِيَّةِ مِنْ مَنْظورٍ فَلْسَفِيٍّ.
The study addresses the temporal dimension of the social phenomenon from a philosophical perspective.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | زَمَنِيٌّ | زَمَنِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | زَمَنِيٍّ | زَمَنِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | زَمَنِيًّا | زَمَنِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | زَمَنِيٌّ | زَمَنِيُّونَ |
Word family
زَمَنtime, period
زَمَانtime, era
مُزْمِنchronic, long-lasting
زَمَنِيًّاtemporally
زَمَنِيَّةtemporality, worldliness
Etymology
زَمَنِيّ is built from the noun زَمَن (zaman, "time") plus the nisba suffix ـِيّ, which turns a noun into a "relating to" adjective. The root ز-م-ن is native Semitic and appears across the Semitic language family with the sense of time or a period of time. Arabic كتب the word to mean "temporal," often set against "eternal" or "spiritual" in religious and philosophical writing, and against "spatial" in scientific writing.
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