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شاشَة
screen /ˈʃaː.ʃa/
nounB1#2142 most common
Also: display, monitor
Example sentences
هذه شاشة كبيرة.
This is a big screen.
شاشة هاتفي مكسورة.
My phone's screen is broken.
أشاهد المباراة على شاشة التلفاز.
I watch the match on the television screen.
تعرض الشاشة مواعيد الرحلات في صالة المطار.
The screen displays the flight times in the airport hall.
قضى ساعات أمام الشاشة حتى أرهقت عيناه من شدة السطوع.
He spent hours in front of the screen until his eyes tired from the intense brightness.
تحوّلت الشاشة، في عصرنا، إلى وسيط يفرض على الوعي إيقاعه ويعيد تشكيل انتباهنا.
In our age the screen has become a medium that imposes its rhythm on consciousness and reshapes our attention.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شاشةٌ | شاشاتٌ |
| Genitive | شاشةٍ | شاشاتٍ |
| Accusative | شاشةً | شاشاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا شاشةُ | يا شاشاتُ |
Word family
شاشgauze, muslin
شاشة عرضdisplay screen
شاشيةskullcap, fez
شاشاتscreens (plural)
Etymology
The word derives from شاش (shāsh), meaning muslin or fine gauze cloth. Early projection surfaces were stretched cloth, so the term for the fabric came to name the surface on which images appear. The English word "sash," for a length of fine cloth worn around the body, comes from the same Arabic شاش.
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