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سُلْطَة
authority /ˈsul.tˤa/
nounA2#904 most common
Also: power, rule, jurisdiction
Example sentences
لِلرَّئِيسِ سُلْطَة.
The president has authority.
الْحُكُومَةُ لَدَيْهَا سُلْطَةٌ كَبِيرَة.
The government has great power.
يَسْتَخْدِمُ الْمُدِيرُ سُلْطَتَهُ بِحِكْمَة.
The manager uses his authority wisely.
لَا يَمْلِكُ الْوَزِيرُ السُّلْطَةَ الْكَافِيَةَ لِإِلْغَاءِ الْقَانُون.
The minister does not have enough authority to repeal the law.
تَتَصَارَعُ الْأَحْزَابُ عَلَى السُّلْطَةِ مُنْذُ سَنَوَات.
The parties have been fighting over power for years.
إِنَّ تَرْكِيزَ السُّلْطَةِ فِي يَدِ فَرْدٍ وَاحِدٍ يُهَدِّدُ اسْتِقْرَارَ الدَّوْلَة.
Concentrating power in the hands of one individual threatens the stability of the state.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سُلْطَةٌ | سُلُطَاتٌ |
| Genitive | سُلْطَةٍ | سُلُطَاتٍ |
| Accusative | سُلْطَةً | سُلُطَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا سُلْطَةُ | يَا سُلُطَاتُ |
Word family
سُلْطَانsultan; sovereign authority
تَسَلُّطdomination, tyranny
سَلَّطَto give power over, impose
مُتَسَلِّطdomineering, authoritarian
سُلْطَوِيّauthoritarian
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root s-l-ṭ, which carries the sense of overpowering or holding dominion over something. The same root gives سُلْطَان (sulṭān, sultan) and تَسَلُّط (domination). It names the abstract quality of holding power.
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