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طاوِلَة
table /ˈtˤaː.wi.la/
nounA2#967 most common
Also: desk, backgammon (in the phrase طاولة الزهر)
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ طاوِلَة.
This is a table.
الكِتابُ عَلى الطّاوِلَةِ.
The book is on the table.
نَجلِسُ حَولَ الطّاوِلَةِ كُلَّ مَساء.
We sit around the table every evening.
اِشتَرَينا طاوِلَةً خَشَبِيَّةً جَديدَةً لِغُرفَةِ الطَّعام.
We bought a new wooden table for the dining room.
رُتِّبَتِ الطّاوِلاتُ في صُفوفٍ مُنَظَّمَةٍ قَبلَ بَدءِ الحَفل.
The tables were arranged in neat rows before the party began.
لَم تُفضِ مُفاوَضاتُ الطّاوِلَةِ المُستَديرَةِ إلى أيِّ اتِّفاقٍ يُذكَر.
The round-table talks did not lead to any agreement worth mentioning.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | طاوِلَةٌ | طاوِلاتٌ |
| Genitive | طاوِلَةٍ | طاوِلاتٍ |
| Accusative | طاوِلَةً | طاوِلاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا طاوِلَةُ | يا طاوِلاتُ |
Word family
طاوِلاتtables (plural)
طاوِلَة الطَّعامdining table
طاوِلَة الزَّهرbackgammon (literally 'table of dice')
طاوِلَة المُفاوَضاتnegotiating table
Etymology
Arabic borrowed طاولة from Italian 'tavola,' meaning table. The Italian word comes from Latin 'tabula,' a board or plank. The loan likely spread through Mediterranean trade and Ottoman channels. It is not built on a native Arabic triliteral root.
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