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عَبْقَرِيّ
genius /ʕab.qaˈrij/
adjectiveB1#1845 most common
Also: brilliant, ingenious, a genius (person)
Example sentences
هُوَ عَبْقَرِيّ.
He is a genius.
أَخِي عَبْقَرِيّ فِي الرِّيَاضِيَّات.
My brother is a genius at math.
يُعْتَبَرُ هٰذَا الطَّالِبُ عَبْقَرِيًّا فِي مَدْرَسَتِهِ.
This student is considered a genius in his school.
قَدَّمَ العَالِمُ حَلًّا عَبْقَرِيًّا لِلْمُشْكِلَة.
The scientist offered a brilliant solution to the problem.
لَمْ يَكُنْ أَينْشْتَايْن مُجَرَّدَ رَجُلٍ ذَكِيّ، بَلْ عَبْقَرِيّ غَيَّرَ فَهْمَنَا لِلْكَوْن.
Einstein was not merely a clever man; he was a genius who changed our understanding of the universe.
تَكْشِفُ هٰذِهِ الرِّوَايَةُ عَنْ عَقْلٍ عَبْقَرِيّ يَمْزِجُ بَيْنَ الفَلْسَفَةِ وَالفَنِّ بِبَرَاعَةٍ نَادِرَة.
This novel reveals a brilliant mind that blends philosophy and art with rare skill.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عَبْقَرِيٌّ | عَبَاقِرَةٌ |
| Genitive | عَبْقَرِيٍّ | عَبَاقِرَةٍ |
| Accusative | عَبْقَرِيًّا | عَبَاقِرَةً |
| Vocative | يَا عَبْقَرِيُّ | يَا عَبَاقِرَةُ |
Word family
عَبْقَرِيَّةgenius, brilliance
عَبَاقِرَةgeniuses (plural)
عَبْقَرAbqar, the mythic valley of the jinn
Etymology
The word derives from عَبْقَر (ʿAbqar), the name of a valley that pre-Islamic Arabs believed was home to the jinn. Anything remarkable or superhuman was linked to that place, so the nisba adjective came to mean exceptionally gifted. The root sense of a supernatural origin faded, and the word now simply marks outstanding talent.
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