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مَخاطِر
risks /maˈxaːtˤir/
nounB1#2736 most common
Also: dangers, hazards, perils
Example sentences
هُناكَ مَخاطِر كَثيرة.
There are many risks.
يَجِبُ أَن نَتَجَنَّبَ هٰذِهِ المَخاطِر.
We must avoid these risks.
التَّدخينُ يُسَبِّبُ مَخاطِرَ صِحِّية.
Smoking causes health risks.
قَيَّمَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ المَخاطِرَ الماليَّة قَبلَ اتِّخاذِ القَرار.
The company assessed the financial risks before making the decision.
تُواجِهُ الدُّوَلُ النّامِيَة مَخاطِرَ اقتِصاديَّة وبيئيَّة مُتَعَدِّدَة بِسَبَبِ تَغَيُّرِ المُناخ.
Developing countries face multiple economic and environmental risks because of climate change.
عَلى الرَّغمِ مِنَ الوَعيِ المُتَزايِدِ بِمَخاطِرِ الذَّكاءِ الاصطِناعِيّ، لا تَزالُ الأُطُرُ التَّنظيميَّة قاصِرَةً عَن مُواكَبَةِ وَتيرَةِ التَّطَوُّر.
Despite growing awareness of the risks of artificial intelligence, regulatory frameworks still fall short of keeping pace with the rate of development.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خَطَرٌ | مَخاطِرُ |
| Genitive | خَطَرٍ | مَخاطِرَ |
| Accusative | خَطَرًا | مَخاطِرَ |
| Vocative | يا خَطَرُ | يا مَخاطِرُ |
Word family
خَطَرdanger, risk (singular)
خَطيرdangerous, serious
أَخطَرmore dangerous, gravest
مُخاطَرةrisk-taking, gamble
خاطِرthought, mind, notion
Etymology
مَخاطِر comes from the Arabic triliteral root خ-ط-ر, whose core sense is something that crosses the mind or hangs in the balance. From this root Arabic built خَطَر, danger or stake, and مَخاطِر is simply its broken plural, formed by fitting the root letters into the pattern مَفاعِل rather than adding a suffix. This is a native Semitic root, so no Indo-European ancestor applies.
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