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ضَجَّة
uproar, din, commotion /ˈdˤadʒ.dʒa/
nounB2#3318 most common
Also: racket, clamor, public outcry
Example sentences
سَمِعْتُ ضَجَّةً فِي الشَّارِعِ.
I heard a commotion in the street.
أَثَارَ الخَبَرُ ضَجَّةً كَبِيرَةً.
The news caused a big uproar.
لِمَاذَا هَذِهِ الضَّجَّةُ فِي الصَّفِّ؟
Why is this racket happening in the classroom?
أَحْدَثَ قَرَارُ الحُكُومَةِ ضَجَّةً وَاسِعَةً بَيْنَ المُوَاطِنِينَ.
The government's decision caused widespread uproar among citizens.
لَمْ تَكُنِ الضَّجَّةُ الإِعْلَامِيَّةُ حَوْلَ القَضِيَّةِ مُبَرَّرَةً فِي رَأْيِ الكَثِيرِينَ.
The media uproar over the issue was not justified in the view of many.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنَ الضَّجَّةِ الَّتِي أَثَارَتْهَا التَّصْرِيحَاتُ، لَمْ يَتَغَيَّرْ مَوْقِفُ الوَزَارَةِ.
Despite the uproar the statements stirred up, the ministry's position did not change.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ضَجَّةٌ | ضَجَّاتٌ |
| Genitive | ضَجَّةٍ | ضَجَّاتٍ |
| Accusative | ضَجَّةً | ضَجَّاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا ضَجَّةُ | يَا ضَجَّاتُ |
Word family
ضَجَّto clamor, cry out loudly
ضَجِيجnoise, din (as an ongoing quality)ضَاجّnoisy, clamorous
ضَجَّاتuproars, commotions (plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root ض ج ج, which carries the sense of clamoring or crying out loudly. The verb ضَجَّ means to make a loud noise or to cry out in distress or complaint. ضَجَّة is a noun of single instance built on the فَعْلَة pattern, so it names one bout of that noise, an uproar or a racket, rather than the general quality of noisiness.
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