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شِعْرِيّ

poetic /ʃiʕˈriː/

adjectiveB1#2426 most common

Also: of poetry, lyrical

Example sentences

هذا نص شعري جميل.
This is a beautiful poetic text.
تتحدث بأسلوب شعري.
She speaks in a poetic style.
يقيم المسرح أمسية شعرية هذا المساء.
The theater is holding a poetic evening tonight.
يتميز أسلوبه الشعري بالبساطة والعمق.
His poetic style stands out for its simplicity and depth.
تعكس الصورة الشعرية في القصيدة رؤية الشاعر للحياة.
The poetic image in the poem reflects the poet's view of life.
يصعب أحياناً الفصل بين اللغة الشعرية واللغة اليومية في النثر الحديث.
It is sometimes hard to separate poetic language from everyday language in modern prose.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeشِعْرِيٌّشِعْرِيُّونَ
Genitiveشِعْرِيٍّشِعْرِيِّينَ
Accusativeشِعْرِيًّاشِعْرِيِّينَ
Vocativeيا شِعْرِيُّيا شِعْرِيُّونَ

Word family

شِعْرpoetry, verse
شاعرpoet
شِعْرِيّةpoeticness, poetic quality
أشعارpoems (plural of شِعْر)

Etymology

The word comes from the Arabic root ش-ع-ر, which underlies شِعْر (poetry) and the verb شَعَرَ (to feel, to perceive). Arabic grammarians long linked poetry to keen perception, since a poet was seen as someone who senses things others miss. شِعْرِيّ is formed by adding the nisba suffix -iyy to شِعْر, a standard way in Arabic to turn a noun into a relational adjective, much like adding '-ic' to a Greek or Latin noun in English.

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