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زِيادَة
increase /ziˈjaː.da/
nounB1#1928 most common
Also: addition, extra, surplus
Example sentences
هَل تُريد زِيادَة؟
Do you want extra?
طَلَبْتُ زِيادَة في الرّاتِب.
I asked for an increase in my salary.
هُناكَ زِيادَة كَبيرَة في أسعار الطَّعام هذا العام.
There is a big increase in food prices this year.
أدَّت الزِّيادَة السُّكّانِيَّة إلى ضَغْطٍ على الخَدَمات العامَّة.
The population increase put pressure on public services.
تُشير الإحصاءات إلى زِيادَة مُطَّرِدَة في مُعَدَّلات البِطالَة.
The statistics point to a steady increase in unemployment rates.
زِيادَةً على ذلك، لم يُقدِّم أيَّ دَليلٍ يُثبِت صِحَّة ادِّعائِه.
Moreover, he offered no evidence to prove his claim was true.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | زِيادَةٌ | زِياداتٌ |
| Genitive | زِيادَةٍ | زِياداتٍ |
| Accusative | زِيادَةً | زِياداتٍ |
| Vocative | يا زِيادَةُ | يا زِياداتُ |
Word family
زادَto increase, to grow
مَزيدmore, a further amount
زائِدexcess, plusمُتَزايِدincreasing
زَوَّدَto supply, to provide
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic triliteral root ز-ي-د (z-y-d), meaning to increase or add. It is the verbal noun of the verb زادَ, formed on the فِعالَة pattern used for many action nouns. The same root gives the common personal names زَيْد and زِياد.
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