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قُرْص
disk /ˈqursˤ/
nounB1#1572 most common
Also: tablet (pill), computer disk / CD, round flat loaf
Example sentences
هٰذا قُرْصٌ صَغيرٌ.
This is a small disk.
أَخَذْتُ قُرْصاً لِلصُّداعِ.
I took a tablet for the headache.
أَكَلَتْ أُمّي قُرْصَ خُبْزٍ ساخِنٍ.
My mother ate a hot loaf of bread.
يَحتاجُ حاسوبي إلى قُرْصٍ صَلبٍ جَديدٍ.
My computer needs a new hard disk.
تَدورُ الأَقْراصُ في المُشَغِّلِ بِسُرعةٍ كَبيرةٍ.
The disks spin in the drive at great speed.
وَصَفَ الطَّبيبُ لَهُ قُرْصاً واحِداً مَرَّتَيْنِ في اليَومِ بَعْدَ الطَّعامِ.
The doctor prescribed him one tablet twice a day after meals.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قُرْصٌ | أَقْراصٌ |
| Genitive | قُرْصٍ | أَقْراصٍ |
| Accusative | قُرْصاً | أَقْراصاً |
| Vocative | يا قُرْصُ | يا أَقْراصُ |
Word family
قَرَصَto pinch, nip
أَقْراصdisks, tablets (plural)
قارِصbiting, sharp (cold or words)
قُرْصةa pinch
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root ق-ر-ص, which means to pinch or nip off. A قُرْص is a round, flat piece, the kind of shape you get when you pinch off and flatten a lump of dough. From bread the sense spread to any flat disk, including a pill and, in modern use, a CD or computer disk.
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