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عَقِيد
colonel /ʕaˈqiːd/
nounB1#1972 most common
Also: senior officer bound by oath, confederate, ally
Example sentences
هٰذَا عَقِيد.
This is a colonel.
عَمِّي عَقِيد فِي الْجَيْش.
My uncle is a colonel in the army.
تَحَدَّثَ الْعَقِيد إِلَى الْجُنُودِ قَبْلَ الْمَعْرَكَة.
The colonel spoke to the soldiers before the battle.
رُقِّيَ الضَّابِطُ إِلَى رُتْبَةِ عَقِيد بَعْدَ سَنَوَاتٍ مِنَ الْخِدْمَة.
The officer was promoted to the rank of colonel after years of service.
أَصْدَرَ الْعَقِيد أَوَامِرَهُ بِسَحْبِ الْقُوَّاتِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْر.
The colonel issued his orders to withdraw the forces before dawn.
كَتَبَ الْعَقِيد الْمُتَقَاعِدُ مُذَكِّرَاتِهِ الَّتِي رَوَى فِيهَا الْمَعَارِكَ الَّتِي قَادَهَا.
The retired colonel wrote his memoirs, in which he recounted the battles he had commanded.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عَقِيدٌ | عُقَدَاءُ |
| Genitive | عَقِيدٍ | عُقَدَاءَ |
| Accusative | عَقِيدًا | عُقَدَاءَ |
| Vocative | يَا عَقِيدُ | يَا عُقَدَاءُ |
Word family
عَقَدَto tie, knot, conclude (a contract)
عَقْدcontract, agreement, knotعَقِيدَةcreed, doctrine, belief
عُقْدَةknot, complex, difficultyمُعَاهَدَةtreaty, pact
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ʿ-q-d, meaning to tie, knot, or bind by contract. A colonel is the officer who binds men and units into one force under his command. The same root gives the words for contract, knot, and creed.
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