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عُبُور
crossing /ʕu.ˈbuːr/
nounB1#2212 most common
Also: passage, transit, traversal
Example sentences
عُبُور الشارع خطير.
Crossing the street is dangerous.
مَمْنُوع العُبُور هُنا.
Crossing is forbidden here.
يَحْتاج العُبُور إلى تَذْكِرة.
Crossing requires a ticket.
اِنْتَظَرْنا ساعَة عِنْد نُقْطة العُبُور.
We waited an hour at the crossing point.
كان عُبُور الحُدُود صَعْبًا بِسَبَب الحَرْب.
Crossing the border was hard because of the war.
يُمَثِّل عُبُور المُشاة أَحَد أَكْثَر مَواطِن الخَطَر في المُدُن المُكْتَظّة.
The pedestrian crossing represents one of the most dangerous spots in crowded cities.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عُبُورٌ | — |
| Genitive | عُبُورٍ | — |
| Accusative | عُبُورًا | — |
| Vocative | يا عُبُورُ | — |
Word family
Etymology
The word derives from the triliteral Arabic root ʕ-b-r, which carries the sense of passing across or over something. The same root gives the verb ʕabara, to cross, and the noun for a river ford. It also underlies words for interpreting dreams, seen as crossing from image to meaning.
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