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شَجاعَة
courage /ʃaˈdʒaːʕa/
nounA2#1370 most common
Also: bravery, valor, boldness
Example sentences
هَذِهِ شَجاعَةٌ كَبيرَةٌ.
This is great courage.
أُحِبُّ شَجاعَتَكَ.
I like your courage.
أَظْهَرَ الجُنْديُّ شَجاعَةً كَبيرَةً في المَعْرَكَةِ.
The soldier showed great courage in the battle.
تَطَلَّبَ هَذا القَرارُ شَجاعَةً وَإِصْرارًا.
This decision required courage and determination.
نادِرًا ما نَجِدُ شَجاعَةً مِثْلَ شَجاعَتِها في مُواجَهَةِ الظُّلْمِ.
We rarely find courage like hers in confronting injustice.
إِنَّ الشَّجاعَةَ الحَقيقِيَّةَ لا تَكْمُنُ في غِيابِ الخَوْفِ، بَلْ في مُواجَهَتِهِ رَغْمَ حُضورِهِ الطّاغي.
True courage does not lie in the absence of fear, but in facing it despite its overwhelming presence.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شَجاعَةٌ | شَجاعاتٌ |
| Genitive | شَجاعَةٍ | شَجاعاتٍ |
| Accusative | شَجاعَةً | شَجاعاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا شَجاعَةُ | يا شَجاعاتُ |
Word family
شُجاعbrave, courageous
شَجَّعَto encourage
تَشْجيعencouragement
شُجْعانbrave ones (plural of شُجاع)
أَشْجَعbraver, bravest
Etymology
شَجاعَة comes from the Arabic triliteral root ش-ج-ع, which carries the sense of being bold and daring. It follows the فَعالة pattern that Arabic uses to form abstract nouns of quality. The same root gives the adjective شُجاع, 'brave,' and the verb شَجَّعَ, 'to encourage.'
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