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كَمِّيَّة
quantity /kam.ˈmij.ja/
nounB1#1679 most common
Also: amount, volume, number
Example sentences
هذِهِ كَمِّيَّة كَبِيرَة.
This is a large quantity.
أُرِيدُ كَمِّيَّة قَلِيلَة مِنَ السُّكَّر.
I want a small amount of sugar.
نَحتاجُ كَمِّيَّة كافِيَة مِنَ الماء.
We need a sufficient quantity of water.
زادَتِ الكَمِّيَّة المُنتَجَة هٰذا العام.
The quantity produced increased this year.
يَعتَمِدُ السِّعرُ عَلى الكَمِّيَّة المَطلُوبَة وَالجَودَة.
The price depends on the quantity required and the quality.
لا يُمكِنُ قِياسُ هٰذِهِ الظاهِرَة بِالكَمِّيَّة وَحدَها بَل بِأَثَرِها أَيضًا.
This phenomenon cannot be measured by quantity alone, but also by its effect.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | كَمِّيَّةٌ | كَمِّيّاتٌ |
| Genitive | كَمِّيَّةٍ | كَمِّيّاتٍ |
| Accusative | كَمِّيَّةً | كَمِّيّاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا كَمِّيَّةُ | يا كَمِّيّاتُ |
Word family
Etymology
The word derives from the Arabic interrogative كَمْ (kam), meaning "how much" or "how many." Classical and medieval philosophers coined كَمِّيَّة as an abstract noun to render the Greek philosophical category of quantity (poson). The suffix ـِيَّة forms abstract nouns, turning "how much" into "the property of being a measurable amount."
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