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عِبارَة
expression, phrase /ʕiˈbaːra/
nounB1#1508 most common
Also: phrase, term, wording, turn of phrase
Example sentences
هَذِهِ عِبارةٌ سَهْلةٌ.
This is an easy phrase.
ما مَعْنى هَذِهِ العِبارةِ؟
What does this expression mean?
كَتَبَ المُعَلِّمُ عِبارةً عَلى السَّبّورةِ.
The teacher wrote a phrase on the board.
الماءُ عِبارةٌ عن الأُكسِجين والهيدروجين.
Water consists of oxygen and hydrogen.
اِستَخدَمَ الكاتِبُ عِباراتٍ بَليغةً لِوَصْفِ المَشهَدِ.
The writer used eloquent expressions to describe the scene.
تَحمِلُ هَذِهِ العِبارةُ دَلالاتٍ ثَقافيّةً يَصعُبُ نَقلُها إلى لُغةٍ أُخرى.
This expression carries cultural connotations that are hard to render in another language.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عِبارةٌ | عِباراتٌ |
| Genitive | عِبارةٍ | عِباراتٍ |
| Accusative | عِبارةً | عِباراتٍ |
| Vocative | يا عِبارةُ | يا عِباراتُ |
Word family
عَبَّرَto express
تَعبيرexpression, phrasing
عِباراتphrases, expressions (plural)
عَبَرَto cross over, pass
Etymology
عِبارة comes from the Semitic root ʿ-b-r, whose core sense is to cross or pass over. The same root gives the verb ʿabbara, to express, on the image of carrying meaning across from the mind into speech. The final taa marbuta forms a feminine noun on the fiʿāla pattern. The root is shared widely across Semitic languages.
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