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صُورَة
picture /ˈsˤuː.ra/
nounA1#266 most common
Also: photograph, image, form / shape
Example sentences
هَذِهِ صُورَة جَمِيلَة.
This is a beautiful picture.
أَيْنَ صُورَتُكَ الجَدِيدَة؟
Where is your new photo?
عَلَّقْتُ صُورَة عَائِلَتِي عَلَى الحَائِط.
I hung a picture of my family on the wall.
تَنْقُلُ هَذِهِ الصُّورَة مَشَاعِرَ الحُزْنِ بِوُضُوح.
This picture conveys feelings of sadness clearly.
لَمْ تَكُنِ الصُّورَةُ الَّتِي رَسَمَهَا الإِعْلَامُ دَقِيقَة.
The image that the media painted was not accurate.
تَتَجَاوَزُ الصُّورَةُ الشِّعْرِيَّةُ حُدُودَ الوَصْفِ المُبَاشِرِ لِتُلَامِسَ المَعْنَى الكَامِن.
The poetic image goes beyond direct description to touch the underlying meaning.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | صُورَةٌ | صُوَرٌ |
| Genitive | صُورَةٍ | صُوَرٍ |
| Accusative | صُورَةً | صُوَرًا |
| Vocative | يا صُورَةُ | يا صُوَرُ |
Word family
صَوَّرَto photograph, to depict
مُصَوِّرphotographer, painter
تَصْوِيرphotography, imagingتَصَوُّرimagination, conception
Etymology
صُورَة comes from the Semitic root ṣ-w-r, which carries the sense of forming, shaping, and depicting. The same root gives the verb صَوَّرَ, to fashion or to photograph. Cognate forms appear across Semitic, including Aramaic ṣurtā and Hebrew ṣurā, both meaning form or figure.
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