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فَقْرِيّ
vertebral (relating to the vertebrae or spinal column) /faqˈriːj/
adjectiveB2#4251 most common
Also: spinal, of the backbone, vertebrate (as an adjective, describing an animal with a spine)
Example sentences
العمود الفقري يحمي الجسم من الإصابات.
The spinal column protects the body from injuries.
القط حيوان فقري له عمود فقري قوي.
The cat is a vertebrate animal with a strong spine.
تُصنَّف الأسماك ضمن الحيوانات الفقرية.
Fish are classified among vertebrate animals.
يعاني المريض من ألم مزمن في العمود الفقري بسبب الجلوس الطويل أمام الحاسوب.
The patient suffers from chronic pain in his spinal column because of sitting for long periods in front of the computer.
تختلف الحيوانات الفقرية عن اللافقارية في امتلاكها هيكلا عظميا داخليا يتمحور حول العمود الفقري.
Vertebrate animals differ from invertebrates in having an internal skeleton built around the spinal column.
أظهرت الدراسات الحديثة أن التشوهات الفقرية الخلقية قد تؤدي إلى مضاعفات عصبية خطيرة إذا لم تُعالَج مبكرا.
Recent studies have shown that congenital vertebral deformities can lead to serious neurological complications if left untreated.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فَقْرِيٌّ | فَقْرِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | فَقْرِيٍّ | فَقْرِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | فَقْرِيًّا | فَقْرِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | يا فَقْرِيُّ | يا فَقْرِيُّونَ |
Word family
فقرةvertebra; also paragraph or segment
العمود الفقريthe spinal column, the spine
الفقارياتvertebrates (the zoological group)
فقيرpoor
افتقرto become poor, to be in want of
Etymology
فَقْرِيّ comes from the Arabic root ف-ق-ر, whose oldest concrete sense involves the notches of the backbone. From this root came فقرة, meaning a single vertebra or, by extension, a segment or paragraph. Adding the nisba ending -ِيّ, which turns a noun into a descriptive adjective, produced فقري, 'vertebral' or 'belonging to the spine.' The same root also gave فقير, 'poor,' through an old metaphor of a person reduced to nothing but a bare, exposed backbone.
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