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عَكْس
opposite /ˈʕaks/
nounA2#1327 most common
Also: reverse, contrary, reflection
Example sentences
الأبيض عَكْس الأسود.
White is the opposite of black.
هو يفعل عَكْس ما أقول.
He does the opposite of what I say.
على عَكْس أخيه، هو هادئ جداً.
Unlike his brother, he is very calm.
بالعَكْس، أنا أحب هذا الكتاب كثيراً.
On the contrary, I like this book a lot.
جاءت النتيجة على عَكْس كل التوقعات.
The result came contrary to all expectations.
ما قاله الوزير هو عَكْس ما فعلته الحكومة على أرض الواقع.
What the minister said is the opposite of what the government did on the ground.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عَكْسٌ | عُكوسٌ |
| Genitive | عَكْسٍ | عُكوسٍ |
| Accusative | عَكْساً | عُكوساً |
| Vocative | يا عَكْسُ | يا عُكوسُ |
Word family
عَكَسَto reverse, to reflect
اِنْعَكَسَto be reflected, to rebound
اِنْعِكاسreflection
عَكْسِيّreverse, inverse
مَعْكوسinverted, reversed
Etymology
عَكْس comes from the triliteral Semitic root ع-ك-س (ʿ-k-s), which carries the sense of turning something back or reversing it. The same root produces the verb عَكَسَ, to reverse or to reflect. In modern usage the noun covers a range of meanings, from the opposite of a word to the reflection of light.
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