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كُتْلَة
mass /ˈkut.la/
nounB1#2933 most common
Also: bloc, lump, block
Example sentences
هذه كُتْلَةُ ثلج.
This is a block of ice.
كُتْلَةُ الحجر ثقيلة جدًا.
The mass of stone is very heavy.
تحرّكت كُتْلَةٌ هوائية باردة نحو المدينة.
A cold air mass moved toward the city.
يشكّل الحزبان كُتْلَةً برلمانية واحدة.
The two parties form one parliamentary bloc.
تراجعت كُتْلَةُ الجليد القطبي بشكل ملحوظ خلال العقد الماضي.
The polar ice mass has shrunk noticeably over the past decade.
يُقاس وزن الجسم بضرب كُتْلَتِه في تسارع الجاذبية الأرضية.
An object's weight is measured by multiplying its mass by the acceleration due to gravity.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | كُتْلَةٌ | كُتَلٌ |
| Genitive | كُتْلَةٍ | كُتَلٍ |
| Accusative | كُتْلَةً | كُتَلًا |
| Vocative | يا كُتْلَةُ | يا كُتَلُ |
Word family
تكتّلbloc, coalition, clustering
متكتّلclustered, banded into a bloc
كتّلto mass or cluster something together
كتلويrelating to a political bloc
Etymology
كُتْلَة comes from the Arabic root ك-ت-ل, which carries the sense of piling up or clumping matter together. The فُعْلَة pattern here turns that root idea into a concrete noun for a single lump or mass. The same root gave Arabic verbs and derived nouns for banding people or things into groups, which is why the word later extended from physical matter to political blocs.
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