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ظُهُور

appearance /zˤuˈhuːr/

nounB1#1817 most common

Also: emergence, manifestation, coming into view

Example sentences

ظُهُورُ القَمَرِ جَمِيلٌ.
The appearance of the moon is beautiful.
أَحَبَّ النَّاسُ ظُهُورَهُ في التِّلْفَازِ.
People liked his appearance on television.
سَبَّبَ ظُهُورُ السَّحَابِ تَأَخُّرَ الرِّحْلَةِ.
The appearance of the clouds caused the trip to be delayed.
أَدَّى ظُهُورُ الإِنْتَرْنِت إِلَى تَغْيِيرِ طَرِيقَةِ العَمَلِ.
The emergence of the internet led to a change in the way work is done.
تَزَامَنَ ظُهُورُ هَذِهِ الظَّاهِرَةِ مَعَ تَحَوُّلاتٍ اقْتِصَادِيَّةٍ عَمِيقَةٍ.
The emergence of this phenomenon coincided with deep economic shifts.
إِنَّ ظُهُورَ المَفَاهِيمِ الجَدِيدَةِ في الخِطَابِ الفَلْسَفِيِّ لا يَعْنِي بِالضَّرُورَةِ قَطِيعَةً مَعَ المَوْرُوثِ.
The emergence of new concepts in philosophical discourse does not necessarily mean a break with tradition.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
NominativeظُهُورٌNone
GenitiveظُهُورٍNone
AccusativeظُهُوراًNone
Vocativeيا ظُهُورُNone

Word family

ظَهَرَto appear, become visible
أَظْهَرَto show, reveal
ظَاهِرapparent, evident
ظَاهِرَةphenomenon
مَظْهَرoutward appearance

Etymology

The word is the verbal noun of the verb ظَهَرَ (ẓahara), meaning to appear or become visible. It derives from the Semitic root ظ-ه-ر, which carries the sense of a surface, a back, and what is openly shown. The noun pattern fuʿūl marks the act or state of appearing.

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