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عَيِّنَة
sample /ˈʕaj.ji.na/
nounA2#1317 most common
Also: specimen, swatch, (statistical) sample
Example sentences
هَذِهِ عَيِّنَةٌ صَغيرَة.
This is a small sample.
أَخَذَ الطَّبيبُ عَيِّنَةَ دَمٍ مِنْ ذِراعي.
The doctor took a blood sample from my arm.
أَرْسَلْنا العَيِّنَةَ إِلى المُخْتَبَرِ لِلْفَحْص.
We sent the sample to the lab for testing.
شَمَلَتِ الدِّراسَةُ عَيِّنَةً عَشْوائِيَّةً مِنْ أَلْفِ شَخْص.
The study included a random sample of a thousand people.
لا يُمكِنُ تَعْميمُ النَّتائِجِ لِأَنَّ العَيِّنَةَ غَيْرُ مُمَثِّلَةٍ لِلسُّكّان.
The results cannot be generalized because the sample is not representative of the population.
اعتَمَدَ الباحِثونَ على عَيِّنَةٍ طَبَقِيَّةٍ لِضَمانِ تَمْثيلِ كُلِّ الشَّرائِحِ الاجْتِماعِيَّة.
The researchers relied on a stratified sample to ensure that all social strata were represented.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عَيِّنَةٌ | عَيِّناتٌ |
| Genitive | عَيِّنَةٍ | عَيِّناتٍ |
| Accusative | عَيِّنَةً | عَيِّناتٍ |
| Vocative | يا عَيِّنَةُ | يا عَيِّناتُ |
Word family
عَيْنeye; spring; essence
عَيَّنَto appoint; to specify
مُعايَنةinspection; examination
تَعْيينappointment; designation
عَيِّناتsamples (plural)
Etymology
عَيِّنة comes from the Semitic root ع-ي-ن (ʿ-y-n), which centers on the eye and, by extension, a source or the essence of a thing. A sample is the small portion one inspects to judge the whole, so the link to seeing is direct. The same root gives عَيْن, the word for eye and for a spring of water. It has no Indo-European source.
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