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طَرِيق
road /tˤaˈriːq/
nounA1#139 most common
Also: way, path, route
Example sentences
الطَّرِيق طَوِيل.
The road is long.
أَيْنَ الطَّرِيق إِلَى السُّوق؟
Where is the road to the market?
نَسِيتُ الطَّرِيق إِلَى بَيْتِكَ.
I forgot the way to your house.
أَغْلَقَتِ الشُّرْطَةُ الطَّرِيقَ بِسَبَبِ الحادِث.
The police closed the road because of the accident.
لا يَزالُ أَمامَنا طَرِيقٌ طَوِيلٌ قَبْلَ أَنْ نَصِلَ إِلى اتِّفاق.
We still have a long way to go before we reach an agreement.
مَنْ سَلَكَ طَرِيقًا يَلْتَمِسُ فيهِ عِلْمًا، سَهَّلَ اللهُ لَهُ بِهِ طَرِيقًا إِلى الجَنَّة.
Whoever takes a path seeking knowledge, God eases for him a path to Paradise.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | طَرِيقٌ | طُرُقٌ |
| Genitive | طَرِيقٍ | طُرُقٍ |
| Accusative | طَرِيقاً | طُرُقاً |
| Vocative | يا طَرِيقُ | يا طُرُقُ |
Word family
طَرَقَto knock, to beat
طَرِيقَةmethod, manner; Sufi orderمِطْرَقَةhammer
طَارِقone who knocks at night; nocturnal visitor
طُرُقroads (plural)
Etymology
طَرِيق comes from the Semitic root ṭ-r-q, which carries the sense of striking or beating. A road was understood as a path beaten flat by feet and hooves. The noun follows the faʿīl pattern. The same root gives the verb طَرَقَ, to knock.
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