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طابِع

stamp /ˈtˤaː.biʕ/

nounB2#3719 most common

Also: character, imprint, hallmark

Example sentences

هذا طابِعٌ جميلٌ.

This is a beautiful stamp.

أَشتري طابِعَ بريدٍ من مكتب البريد.

I buy a postage stamp from the post office.

عندي مجموعة كبيرة من الطوابع القديمة.

I have a large collection of old stamps.

يتميز أسلوبه بطابعٍ خاصٍ يميزه عن غيره.

His style is marked by a special character that sets him apart from others.

يحمل هذا الحي طابعًا تاريخيًا يعكس عراقة المدينة.

This neighborhood carries a historical character that reflects the city's old age.

أَضفت التعديلات الأخيرة على الدستور طابعًا ديمقراطيًا أكثر رسوخًا على النظام السياسي.

The recent amendments to the constitution gave the political system a more firmly rooted democratic character.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	طابِعٌ	طَوابِعُ
Genitive	طابِعٍ	طَوابِعَ
Accusative	طابِعًا	طَوابِعَ
Vocative	يا طابِعُ	يا طَوابِعُ

Word family

طبَعَ (ṭabaʿa)to print, stamp, imprint

طبيعة (ṭabīʿa)nature

مطبعة (maṭbaʿa)printing press

طابعة (ṭābiʿa)printer (machine)

طبْع (ṭabʿ)character, temperament, printing

Etymology

طابِع comes from the Arabic root ط-ب-ع (ṭ-b-ʕ), tied to the verb طبَعَ, meaning to print, stamp, or imprint. طابِع takes the فاعِل (fāʿil) active-participle pattern, so it literally names the thing that does the stamping. Over time the word broadened from the physical object, a stamp or seal, to the abstract sense of a fixed character or nature that something bears.

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