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شَقَّة
apartment, flat /ˈʃaq.qa/
nounA2#755 most common
Also: flat (residential unit), suite of rooms
Example sentences
أَسْكُنُ فِي شَقَّة.
I live in an apartment.
شَقَّتُنا فِي الطّابِقِ الثّالِث.
Our apartment is on the third floor.
نَبْحَثُ عَن شَقَّةٍ جَديدةٍ لِلإيجار.
We are looking for a new apartment to rent.
تَقَعُ الشَّقَّةُ فِي حَيٍّ هادِئٍ قَريبٍ مِنَ المَدْرَسَة.
The apartment is in a quiet neighborhood near the school.
اِرْتَفَعَت أَسْعارُ الشُّقَقِ فِي المَدينَةِ بِشَكْلٍ كَبيرٍ هذا العام.
Apartment prices in the city rose sharply this year.
وَقَّعْنا عَقْدَ إيجارِ الشَّقَّةِ بَعْدَ مُفاوَضاتٍ طَويلةٍ حَوْلَ قيمةِ التَّأْمين.
We signed the apartment lease after long negotiations over the deposit amount.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شَقَّةٌ | شُقَقٌ |
| Genitive | شَقَّةٍ | شُقَقٍ |
| Accusative | شَقَّةً | شُقَقاً |
| Vocative | يا شَقَّةُ | يا شُقَقُ |
Word family
شَقّcrack, split, slit
شَقَّto split, to cleave
شَقيقfull brother
اِنْشِقاقschism, split
شُقَّةlength of fabric; distance
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root ش ق ق, meaning to split or cleave. An apartment is understood as a portion split off from a larger building. The same root gives words for a crack, a slit, and a schism.
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