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قَطِيع
flock (of sheep, goats, or other animals); herd /qɑˈtˤiːʕ/
nounB2#3746 most common
Also: herd, drove, herd mentality (figurative)
Example sentences
عِنْدَنَا قَطِيعٌ مِنَ الْأَغْنَامِ.
We have a flock of sheep.
الرَّاعِي يَقُودُ الْقَطِيعَ إِلَى الْمَرْعَى.
The shepherd leads the flock to the pasture.
يَتَكَوَّنُ الْقَطِيعُ مِنْ مِئَةِ رَأْسٍ مِنَ الْمَاشِيَةِ.
The herd consists of a hundred head of cattle.
هَاجَمَ الذِّئْبُ قَطِيعَ الْغَنَمِ لَيْلًا وَفَرَّقَ أَفْرَادَهُ.
The wolf attacked the flock of sheep at night and scattered its members.
يَتَحَرَّكُ الْقَطِيعُ بِتَنَاغُمٍ غَرِيزِيٍّ يَحْمِيهِ مِنَ الْمُفْتَرِسِينَ.
The herd moves with an instinctive harmony that protects it from predators.
انْتَقَدَ الْكَاتِبُ عَقْلِيَّةَ الْقَطِيعِ الَّتِي تَجْعَلُ النَّاسَ يَتَّبِعُونَ الْآخَرِينَ دُونَ تَفْكِيرٍ.
The writer criticized the herd mentality that makes people follow others without thinking.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قَطِيعٌ | قُطْعَانٌ |
| Genitive | قَطِيعٍ | قُطْعَانٍ |
| Accusative | قَطِيعًا | قُطْعَانًا |
| Vocative | يَا قَطِيعُ | يَا قُطْعَانُ |
Word family
قَطَعَto cut
قِطْعَةpiece, partقَاطِعdecisive, cutting
مُقَاطَعَةboycott; province
تَقَاطُعintersection, crossing
Etymology
Qaṭīʿ comes from the Arabic root q-ṭ-ʿ, whose core verb qaṭaʿa means 'to cut.' The noun follows the faʿīl pattern, which often names something resulting from an action. A qaṭīʿ is literally a portion cut off from a larger group of animals, gathered and driven as one unit. The same root gives ordinary words for pieces, cutting, and decisiveness.
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