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طارِئَة
emergency /ˈtˤaː.ri.ʔa/
nounB1#1544 most common
Also: contingency, unforeseen incident, sudden occurrence
Example sentences
هذه حالة طارِئة.
This is an emergency.
حدثت مشكلة طارِئة في العمل.
An urgent problem came up at work.
يجب أن نتصرف بسرعة لأن الحالة طارِئة.
We must act fast because the situation is an emergency.
عقد المجلس جلسة طارِئة لمناقشة الأزمة.
The council held an emergency session to discuss the crisis.
أعلنت الحكومة حالة طارِئة بعد الفيضانات التي اجتاحت المدينة.
The government declared a state of emergency after the floods that swept the city.
واجه الفريق الطبي حالةً طارِئةً معقّدةً تطلّبت تدخّلاً جراحياً فورياً.
The medical team faced a complex emergency that required immediate surgical intervention.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | طارِئةٌ | طوارِئُ |
| Genitive | طارِئةٍ | طوارِئَ |
| Accusative | طارِئةً | طوارِئَ |
| Vocative | يا طارِئةُ | يا طوارِئُ |
Word family
طَرَأَto occur suddenly, to come up
طارِئemergency, contingency (m.)طوارِئemergencies, state of emergency
طُروءsudden occurrence
Etymology
The word comes from the triliteral root ط-ر-أ, which means to happen suddenly or to come up without warning. طارِئ is the active participle of the verb طَرَأَ, so it names a thing that occurs unexpectedly. The feminine form طارِئة is used both as an adjective and as a noun for an emergency or an unforeseen event.
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