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قِطْعَة
piece /ˈqitˤʕa/
nounA1#672 most common
Also: part, fragment, plot (of land)
Example sentences
أَعْطِنِي قِطْعَةَ خُبْزٍ.
Give me a piece of bread.
اِشْتَرَيْتُ قِطْعَةَ جُبْنٍ مِنَ السُّوقِ.
I bought a piece of cheese at the market.
عَزَفَتْ قِطْعَةً مُوسِيقِيَّةً جَمِيلَةً عَلَى البِيَانُو.
She played a beautiful piece of music on the piano.
اِشْتَرَى وَالِدِي قِطْعَةَ أَرْضٍ خَارِجَ المَدِينَةِ لِيَبْنِيَ عَلَيْهَا بَيْتًا.
My father bought a plot of land outside the city to build a house on it.
تُعَدُّ هَذِهِ اللَّوْحَةُ قِطْعَةً فَنِّيَّةً نَادِرَةً يَتَنَافَسُ عَلَيْهَا هُوَاةُ الجَمْعِ.
This painting counts as a rare work of art that collectors compete over.
لَمْ تَكُنْ شَهَادَتُهُ سِوَى قِطْعَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْ أُحْجِيَّةٍ مُعَقَّدَةٍ ظَلَّ المُحَقِّقُونَ يُحَاوِلُونَ تَرْكِيبَهَا لِأَشْهُرٍ.
His testimony was only one piece of a complex puzzle that the investigators kept trying to assemble for months.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قِطْعَةٌ | قِطَعٌ |
| Genitive | قِطْعَةٍ | قِطَعٍ |
| Accusative | قِطْعَةً | قِطَعًا |
| Vocative | يَا قِطْعَةُ | يَا قِطَعُ |
Word family
قَطَعَto cut, to cross
مَقْطَعsegment, syllable, sectionقِطَاعsector
قَطِيعَةrupture, severance of ties
اِنْقَطَعَto be cut off, to cease
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ق-ط-ع (q-ṭ-ʿ), meaning to cut or sever. A قِطْعَة is literally a thing cut off, so the sense of a piece or portion follows directly from the act of cutting. The feminine ending ة marks it as a single unit drawn from a larger whole.
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