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عِبْء
burden /ˈʕibʔ/
nounB2#3676 most common
Also: load, encumbrance, onus
Example sentences
هٰذَا عِبْءٌ كَبِيرٌ عَلَيَّ.
This is a big burden on me.
العَمَلُ عِبْءٌ ثَقِيلٌ هٰذِهِ الأَيَّامَ.
Work is a heavy burden these days.
تَحَمَّلَتِ الأُمُّ عِبْءَ تَرْبِيَةِ أَطْفَالِهَا وَحْدَهَا.
The mother bore the burden of raising her children alone.
تُشَكِّلُ الدُّيُونُ عِبْئًا اقْتِصَادِيًّا عَلَى الدَّوْلَةِ.
Debts constitute an economic burden on the state.
يَنْبَغِي تَوْزِيعُ أَعْبَاءِ المَسْؤُولِيَّةِ بَيْنَ المُوَظَّفِينَ بِشَكْلٍ عَادِلٍ.
The burdens of responsibility should be distributed fairly among the employees.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنَ الأَعْبَاءِ المُتَرَاكِمَةِ الَّتِي أَثْقَلَتْ كَاهِلَ الحُكُومَةِ، تَمَكَّنَتْ مِنْ تَحْقِيقِ الإِصْلَاحَاتِ المَنْشُودَةِ.
Despite the accumulated burdens weighing on the government's shoulders, it managed to carry out the reforms it sought.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عِبْءٌ | أَعْبَاءٌ |
| Genitive | عِبْءٍ | أَعْبَاءٍ |
| Accusative | عِبْئًا | أَعْبَاءً |
| Vocative | يَا عِبْءُ | يَا أَعْبَاءُ |
Word family
عَبَّأَto load, pack, or mobilize
تَعْبِئَةpacking or mobilization
مُعَبَّأpacked, canned, or mobilized
أَعْبَاءburdens (plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ʿ-b-ʾ, which carries the core sense of loading or weighing something down. عِبْء takes the fiʿl pattern, a common shape for simple abstract nouns naming a state or thing borne. The same root gives Arabic its everyday verb for loading or packing, and later, for mobilizing people or resources.
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