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غَداء
lunch /ɣaˈdaːʔ/
nounA2#988 most common
Also: midday meal, luncheon
Example sentences
هٰذا غَداءٌ لَذيذ.
This is a delicious lunch.
نَأْكُلُ الغَداءَ في الساعةِ الواحِدة.
We eat lunch at one o'clock.
دَعاني صَديقي إلى الغَداءِ في بَيْتِه.
My friend invited me to lunch at his house.
بَعْدَ الغَداءِ عُدْنا إلى العَمَلِ مُباشَرةً.
After lunch we went back to work right away.
كانَ الغَداءُ فُرْصةً لِمُناقَشةِ تَفاصيلِ الصَّفْقة.
Lunch was a chance to discuss the details of the deal.
يَتَّفِقُ كَثيرٌ مِنَ الباحِثينَ على أنَّ الغَداءَ في المُجْتَمَعاتِ المُتَوَسِّطيّةِ يَحْمِلُ دَلالاتٍ اجْتِماعيّةً تَتَجاوَزُ مُجَرَّدَ تَناوُلِ الطَّعام.
Many researchers agree that lunch in Mediterranean societies carries social meanings that go beyond simply eating.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | غَداءٌ | أَغْدِيةٌ |
| Genitive | غَداءٍ | أَغْدِيةٍ |
| Accusative | غَداءً | أَغْدِيةً |
| Vocative | يا غَداءُ | يا أَغْدِيةُ |
Word family
تَغَدّىto have lunch, eat the midday meal
غَدًاtomorrow
غَداةearly morning
أَغْدِيةlunches (plural)
Etymology
غَداء comes from the root غ-د-و, tied to the early part of the day and the verb غدا, to set out in the morning. In Classical Arabic it first named the morning meal, the food taken at the start of the day. Modern usage shifted it to the midday meal, lunch. Its traditional partner is عَشاء, the evening meal, and the two often appear as a fixed pair.
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