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عَشَرات
tens (of), dozens (of) /ʕaʃaˈraːt/
nounB2#3440 most common
Also: scores (of), a great many
Example sentences
عَشَراتُ النَّاسِ في السُّوقِ.
Tens of people are in the market.
اِشْتَرَيْتُ عَشَراتِ الكُتُبِ مِنَ المَكْتَبَةِ.
I bought dozens of books from the library.
خَسِرَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ عَشَراتِ المُوَظَّفِينَ هذا العامَ.
The company lost dozens of employees this year.
تَجَمَّعَ عَشَراتُ المُتَظاهِرِينَ أَمامَ المَبْنى لِلمُطالَبَةِ بِالإصْلاحِ.
Dozens of protesters gathered in front of the building to demand reform.
أَظْهَرَتِ الدِّراسَةُ أَنَّ عَشَراتِ الأَنْواعِ مُهَدَّدَةٌ بِالانْقِراضِ بِسَبَبِ تَغَيُّرِ المُناخِ.
The study showed that dozens of species are threatened with extinction because of climate change.
عَلى الرَّغْمِ مِنَ التَّحْذيراتِ المُتَكَرِّرَةِ، ظَلَّتْ عَشَراتُ القُرى مُعَرَّضَةً لِخَطَرِ الفَيَضاناتِ الوَشيكَةِ.
Despite repeated warnings, dozens of villages remained exposed to the risk of imminent floods.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عَشَرةٌ | عَشَراتٌ |
| Genitive | عَشَرةٍ | عَشَراتٍ |
| Accusative | عَشَرةً | عَشَراتٍ |
| Vocative | يا عَشَرةُ | يا عَشَراتُ |
Word family
Etymology
عَشَرات is the sound feminine plural of عَشَرة, the numeral ten. The root ع-ش-ر carries the sense of ten across Semitic languages. Arabic uses this plural loosely to mean an approximate large count, much like English uses tens or dozens.
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