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شابَّة
young woman /ˈʃaːb.ba/
nounB1#1872 most common
Also: young lady, girl, youthful woman
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ شابَّة.
This is a young woman.
الشابَّة تَقْرَأُ كِتاباً.
The young woman is reading a book.
رَأَيْتُ شابَّةً في الحَديقَةِ.
I saw a young woman in the garden.
تَعْمَلُ الشابَّةُ في مُسْتَشْفىً قَريبٍ.
The young woman works at a nearby hospital.
كانَتِ الشابَّةُ التي قابَلْتُها أَمْسِ طَبيبَةً ماهِرَةً.
The young woman I met yesterday was a skilled doctor.
لَمْ تَكُنِ الشابَّةُ تُدْرِكُ أَنَّ قَراراتِها ستُغَيِّرُ مَجْرى حَياتِها بأَكْمَلِهِ.
The young woman did not realize that her decisions would change the entire course of her life.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شابَّةٌ | شابّاتٌ |
| Genitive | شابَّةٍ | شابّاتٍ |
| Accusative | شابَّةً | شابّاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا شابَّةُ | يا شابّاتُ |
Word family
شابّyoung man
شَبابyouth, young people
شَبيبةyouthfulness, the young
شَبَّto grow up, to reach youth
أَشَبّyounger
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root sh-b-b, which carries the sense of youth and growing up. The masculine form is شابّ (shābb), "young man," and شابَّة is its feminine counterpart. The root also gives the verb شَبَّ, "to grow up" or "to reach youth."
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