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فائِز
winner /ˈfaː.ʔiz/
nounB1#2525 most common
Also: victor, prize winner
Example sentences
هُوَ الفائِزُ.
He is the winner.
مَنْ هُوَ الفائِزُ بِالجائِزَةِ؟
Who is the winner of the prize?
أُعْلِنَ اسْمُ الفائِزِ فِي المُسابَقَةِ مَساءَ أَمْسِ.
The winner's name in the competition was announced last night.
حَصَلَتِ الفائِزَةُ عَلى جائِزَةٍ ماليَّةٍ كَبيرَةٍ بَعْدَ فَوْزِها فِي البُطولَةِ.
The winner received a large cash prize after her victory in the tournament.
تَجَمَّعَ الصَّحَفِيّونَ حَوْلَ الفائِزِ بِجائِزَةِ نوبل لِيَسْتَمِعوا إِلى تَصْريحِهِ الأَوَّلِ.
Journalists gathered around the Nobel Prize winner to hear his first statement.
عَلى الرَّغْمِ مِنَ التَّوَقُّعاتِ الَّتي رَجَّحَتْ فَوْزَ مُنافِسِهِ، فوجِئَ الجَميعُ بِإعلانِ اسْمِهِ فائِزًا بِمَنْصِبِ الرَّئاسَةِ.
Despite predictions that favored his rival's victory, everyone was surprised when his name was announced as the winner of the presidency.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فائِزٌ | فائِزونَ |
| Genitive | فائِزٍ | فائِزينَ |
| Accusative | فائِزًا | فائِزينَ |
| Vocative | يا فائِزُ | يا فائِزونَ |
Word family
فَوْزvictory, triumph, success
فازَ (يَفوزُ)to win, succeed, triumph
فائِزةwinner (feminine)
فائِزونَ / فائِزينَwinners (plural)
مَفازةdesert, wide open expanse
Etymology
فائِز is the active participle of the verb فازَ, meaning to win or succeed, built on the triliteral root ف و ز. In this pattern, the middle root letter و shifts to a hamza when it falls between two long vowels, which is why the spelling shows ئ rather than و. The root carries a core sense of achieving victory or attaining a desired outcome, and it is Semitic rather than Indo-European in origin.
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