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فِكْر
thought /ˈfikr/
nounA1#582 most common
Also: thinking, reflection, body of ideas, intellectual thought
Example sentences
الفِكْرُ حُرٌّ.
Thought is free.
أُحِبُّ الفِكْرَ الجَديدَ.
I like new thinking.
الفِكْرُ الإنسانيُّ يَتَطَوَّرُ مع الزَّمَن.
Human thought develops over time.
ساهَمَ هذا الفَيلَسوفُ في الفِكْرِ السِّياسيِّ الحَديثِ.
This philosopher contributed to modern political thought.
لا يُمكِنُ فَصْلُ الفِكْرِ عن الواقِعِ الذي أنتَجَهُ.
Thought cannot be separated from the reality that produced it.
يَرى النُّقّادُ أنَّ الفِكْرَ النَّقديَّ هو شَرْطُ نَهضةِ أيِّ أُمّةٍ.
Critics hold that critical thought is the condition for any nation's renaissance.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فِكْرٌ | أفكارٌ |
| Genitive | فِكْرٍ | أفكارٍ |
| Accusative | فِكْراً | أفكاراً |
| Vocative | يا فِكْرُ | يا أفكارُ |
Word family
فَكَّرَto think, to ponder
فِكْرةidea, notion
مُفَكِّرthinker, intellectual
تَفْكيرthinking, reflection
فِكْريّintellectual, ideational
Etymology
فِكْر comes from the triliteral Semitic root ف ك ر (f-k-r), which carries the sense of thinking and pondering. The base verb فَكَّرَ means to think or reflect. The noun names both the activity and its result: thought, and by extension a body of ideas or an intellectual tradition.
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