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صُدْفَة
coincidence /ˈsˤud.fa/
nounB1#2085 most common
Also: chance, happenstance, fluke
Example sentences
هَذِهِ صُدْفَة جَميلَة.
This is a nice coincidence.
قابَلْتُهُ بِالصُّدْفَة في السّوق.
I met him by chance in the market.
لَمْ تَكُنْ صُدْفَة، بَلْ كانَتْ مُخَطَّطَة.
It was not a coincidence, it was planned.
مِنْ قَبيلِ الصُّدْفَة أَنْ نَلْتَقِيَ في المَطارِ نَفْسِه.
It is by coincidence that we meet in the same airport.
يَرْفُضُ العُلَماءُ تَفْسيرَ هَذِهِ الظّاهِرَةِ عَلى أَنَّها مُجَرَّدُ صُدْفَة.
Scientists refuse to explain this phenomenon as mere coincidence.
لَوْلا صُدْفَةٌ عابِرَةٌ لَما اكْتُشِفَ هَذا الدَّواءُ الَّذي أَنْقَذَ مَلايينَ الأَرْواحِ.
Had it not been for a passing coincidence, this drug that saved millions of lives would never have been discovered.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | صُدْفَةٌ | صُدَفٌ |
| Genitive | صُدْفَةٍ | صُدَفٍ |
| Accusative | صُدْفَةً | صُدَفًا |
| Vocative | يا صُدْفَةُ | يا صُدَفُ |
Word family
بِالصُّدْفَةby chance, coincidentally
صادَفَto come upon, encounter
مُصادَفَةcoincidence, chance encounterصُدَفcoincidences (plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root ص-د-ف, which carries the sense of turning toward or meeting. The related verb صادَفَ means to come upon or encounter by chance. صُدْفَة follows the فُعْلَة noun pattern and names the event of an unplanned meeting or occurrence.
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