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غِناء
singing /ɣiˈnaːʔ/
nounB1#1897 most common
Also: song, the art of singing, chant
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ الغِناء.
I love singing.
صَوْتُها جَميلٌ في الغِناء.
Her voice is beautiful when she sings.
بَدَأَ الحَفْلُ بِالغِناء والرَّقْص.
The party began with singing and dancing.
تَعَلَّمَتِ الغِناء مُنْذُ صِغَرِها.
She learned singing from an early age.
يُعْتَبَرُ الغِناء فَنًّا عَريقًا في الثَّقافةِ العَرَبِيّة.
Singing is considered an ancient art in Arab culture.
طالَما ارْتَبَطَ الغِناء بِالشِّعْرِ في التُّراثِ العَرَبِيّ حَتّى صارَ كِلاهُما وَجْهَيْنِ لِعُمْلةٍ واحِدة.
Singing has long been bound to poetry in Arab heritage, until the two became two sides of the same coin.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | غِناءٌ | — |
| Genitive | غِناءٍ | — |
| Accusative | غِناءً | — |
| Vocative | يا غِناءُ | — |
Word family
Etymology
The word is the verbal noun of the verb غَنَّى, to sing. It comes from the triliteral root غ-ن-ي, which carries a broad sense of raising the voice. The same root also yields words for wealth and sufficiency, from an older idea of having enough.
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