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مَأْساة
tragedy /maʔˈsaːh/
nounB1#2784 most common
Also: disaster, calamity
Example sentences
هذه مأساة كبيرة.
This is a great tragedy.
عاشت العائلة مأساة حقيقية.
The family lived through a real tragedy.
تحولت القصة إلى مأساة إنسانية.
The story turned into a human tragedy.
كانت الحرب مأساة لم ينسها أحد.
The war was a tragedy no one forgot.
تتكرر مآسي اللاجئين في كل مكان.
The tragedies of refugees repeat everywhere.
لا يمكن اختزال مأساة الشعب في أرقام إحصائية.
The tragedy of a people cannot be reduced to statistical figures.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَأْسَاةٌ | مَآسٍ |
| Genitive | مَأْسَاةٍ | مَآسٍ |
| Accusative | مَأْسَاةً | مَآسِيَ |
| Vocative | يا مَأْسَاةُ | يا مَآسِي |
Word family
أسىgrief, sorrow
تأسىto grieve, mourn
مأساويtragic
مآسٍtragedies (plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root ء-س-ي, tied to grief and sorrow. The related noun أسى means grief or sorrow itself. مأساة is built on the pattern مَفْعَلة, which turns a root into a noun naming a single instance or scene of that root's meaning, here a scene of grieving. It is a native Arabic formation, not a borrowing.
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