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سُخْرِيَّة
sarcasm /sux.rijˈja/
nounB1#2313 most common
Also: mockery, ridicule, irony
Example sentences
أَنا لا أُحِبُّ السُّخْرِيَّة.
I do not like sarcasm.
تَكَلَّمَ مَعي بِسُخْرِيَّة.
He spoke to me with sarcasm.
شَعَرَتْ بِالحَرَجِ مِنْ سُخْرِيَّةِ زُمَلائِها.
She felt embarrassed by her colleagues' mockery.
السُّخْرِيَّةُ سِلاحٌ قَوِيٌّ في الأَدَبِ السّاخِر.
Sarcasm is a powerful weapon in satirical literature.
كانَ رَدُّهُ مَليئًا بِالسُّخْرِيَّةِ المُبَطَّنَةِ الَّتي لَمْ يَفْهَمْها الجَميع.
His reply was full of veiled sarcasm that not everyone understood.
تَحَوَّلَتِ السُّخْرِيَّةُ في خِطابِهِ إلى أَداةٍ لِنَقْدِ السُّلْطَةِ دونَ أَنْ يَخْسَرَ رَصانَتَهُ.
In his discourse, sarcasm became a tool for criticizing power without losing his gravity.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سُخْرِيَّةٌ | سُخْرِيَّاتٌ |
| Genitive | سُخْرِيَّةٍ | سُخْرِيَّاتٍ |
| Accusative | سُخْرِيَّةً | سُخْرِيَّاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا سُخْرِيَّةُ | يا سُخْرِيَّاتُ |
Word family
سَخِرَto mock, to ridicule
ساخِرsarcastic, satirical
مَسْخَرَةfarce, laughingstock
سُخْرَةforced labor, object of scorn
Etymology
The word comes from the triliteral Semitic root s-kh-r, which carries the sense of scorn and derision. To this root is added the suffix -iyya, which turns a base into an abstract noun. The result names the quality of mocking or ridiculing.
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