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طَقْس
weather /tˤɑqs/
nounB1#1622 most common
Also: climate (in some contexts), rite, religious ritual (separate sense)
Example sentences
الطَقْس جَميل اليَوم.
The weather is nice today.
كَيفَ الطَقْس في الخارِج؟
How is the weather outside?
الطَقْس بارِد جِدًّا في الشِتاء.
The weather is very cold in winter.
سَمِعتُ أنَّ الطَقْس سَيَتَغَيَّر غَدًا.
I heard that the weather will change tomorrow.
أَجَّلوا الرِحلة بِسَبَب سوء الطَقْس.
They postponed the trip because of the bad weather.
تُشير نَشرة الطَقْس إلى احتِمال هُطول أمطار غَزيرة على المَناطِق الساحِلِيّة.
The weather forecast indicates the possibility of heavy rainfall over the coastal regions.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | طَقْسٌ | طُقوسٌ |
| Genitive | طَقْسٍ | طُقوسٍ |
| Accusative | طَقْسًا | طُقوسًا |
| Vocative | يا طَقْس | يا طُقوس |
Word family
طُقوسrites, rituals (plural)
طَقْسِيّritual, liturgical
نَشرة الطَقْسweather forecast
مَناخclimate
Etymology
The word comes from Greek táxis, meaning order or arrangement, borrowed into Arabic in the classical period. It first carried the sense of a ritual order or religious rite, a meaning still preserved in liturgical use. The modern sense of weather developed later, treating weather as the prevailing order or state of the atmosphere.
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