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شِراء
purchase /ʃiˈraːʔ/
nounA2#844 most common
Also: buying, purchasing, acquisition
Example sentences
أريد شِراء كتاب.
I want to buy a book.
قرّرنا شِراء سيّارة جديدة.
We decided to buy a new car.
عمليّة الشِّراء كانت سهلة وسريعة.
The purchase was easy and quick.
يفضّل كثير من الشباب الشِّراء عبر الإنترنت.
Many young people prefer buying online.
ارتفاع الأسعار جعل شِراء منزل حلماً بعيداً.
Rising prices made buying a house a distant dream.
يخضع شِراء الأراضي الزراعية في المنطقة لقيود قانونية صارمة.
The purchase of agricultural land in the region is subject to strict legal restrictions.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شِرَاءٌ | None |
| Genitive | شِرَاءٍ | None |
| Accusative | شِرَاءً | None |
| Vocative | يَا شِرَاءُ | None |
Word family
اِشْتَرَىto buy
مُشْتَرٍbuyer
مُشْتَرَيَاتpurchases, groceries
شَرَىto buy or sell
اِشْتِرَاءpurchasing (form VIII verbal noun)
Etymology
شِراء is the verbal noun (masdar) of the verb شَرَى, from the Semitic triliteral root sh-r-y. The root denotes the exchange of goods for a price. The verb شَرَى can mean both to buy and to sell, but the noun شِراء settled on the sense of buying.
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