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ضَرْبَة
a blow /ˈdˤar.ba/
nounA2#832 most common
Also: a strike, a hit, a stroke
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ ضَرْبَةٌ قَوِيَّةٌ.
This is a strong blow.
سَجَّلَ اللّاعِبُ ضَرْبَةَ جَزاءٍ.
The player scored a penalty kick.
أَصابَتْهُ ضَرْبَةُ شَمْسٍ في الصَّيْفِ.
Sunstroke hit him in the summer.
كانَتْ تِلْكَ ضَرْبَةً قاضِيَةً أَنْهَتِ المُباراةَ.
That was a knockout blow that ended the match.
وَجَّهَ الجَيْشُ ضَرْبَةً جَوِّيَّةً إلى مَواقِعِ العَدُوِّ.
The army directed an air strike at the enemy positions.
شَكَّلَ القَرارُ ضَرْبَةً مُوجِعَةً لِآمالِ المُعارَضَةِ في التَّغْييرِ.
The decision was a painful blow to the opposition's hopes for change.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ضَرْبَةٌ | ضَرَباتٌ |
| Genitive | ضَرْبَةٍ | ضَرَباتٍ |
| Accusative | ضَرْبَةً | ضَرَباتٍ |
| Vocative | يا ضَرْبَةُ | يا ضَرَباتُ |
Word family
ضَرَبَto strike, to hit
ضَرْبstriking; multiplicationمِضْرَبbat, racketضارِبstriking, hitting
مَضْروبstruck, multiplied
Etymology
The word comes from the triliteral Semitic root ض-ر-ب (ḍ-r-b), meaning to strike, hit, or beat. It is the nomen vicis, the noun of a single occurrence, built on the pattern فَعْلَة from the verbal noun ضَرْب. The tā' marbūṭa at the end marks one discrete act of striking. Arabic is a Semitic language, so the root has no Indo-European origin.
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