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قِيمَة
value /ˈqiː.ma/
nounA2#908 most common
Also: worth, price, amount
Example sentences
ما قِيمَة هذا؟
What is the value of this?
قِيمَة الكتاب عالية.
The value of the book is high.
لا تنسَ قِيمَة الوقت.
Do not forget the value of time.
ارتفعت قِيمَة العملة بشكل كبير هذا العام.
The value of the currency rose sharply this year.
يدرك الفلاسفة أن للحرية قِيمَة لا تُقدَّر بثمن.
Philosophers understand that freedom has a value beyond price.
تتجاوز القِيمَة الحقيقية للعمل الفني كل تقدير مادي يفرضه عليه السوق.
The true value of the artwork exceeds every material estimate the market imposes on it.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قِيمةٌ | قِيَمٌ |
| Genitive | قِيمةٍ | قِيَمٍ |
| Accusative | قِيمةً | قِيَماً |
| Vocative | يا قِيمةُ | يا قِيَمُ |
Word family
قِيَمvalues, morals (plural)
قيّمvaluable
تقييمassessment, valuation
قامto stand, to riseتقويمevaluation; calendar
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ق-و-م (q-w-m), which means to stand or to rise. A thing's value is the amount it stands at, much as a price is what a good amounts to. The same root gives قام, to stand up, and مقام, rank or station.
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