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مَخْبَأ
hideout /ˈmaxbaʔ/
nounB2#3559 most common
Also: hiding place, cache, bunker
Example sentences
هَذَا مَخْبَأ آمِن.
This is a safe hideout.
وَجَدْتُ مَخْبَأً صَغِيرًا فِي الْغَابَةِ.
I found a small hideout in the forest.
اِخْتَبَأَ الْأَطْفَالُ فِي مَخْبَئِهِمُ السِّرِّي.
The children hid in their secret hideout.
بَنَى الْجُنُودُ مَخْبَأً تَحْتَ الْأَرْضِ لِلْحِمَايَةِ مِنَ الْقَصْفِ.
The soldiers built an underground bunker for protection from the shelling.
كَشَفَتِ الشُّرْطَةُ عَنْ مَخْبَأِ الْأَسْلِحَةِ بَعْدَ أَشْهُرٍ مِنَ التَّحَرِّي.
The police uncovered the arms cache after months of investigation.
تَحَوَّلَتِ الْمَدِينَةُ الْقَدِيمَةُ إِلَى شَبَكَةٍ مِنَ الْمَخَابِئِ الَّتِي لَجَأَ إِلَيْهَا السُّكَّانُ خِلَالَ الْحِصَارِ.
The old city turned into a network of hideouts that residents took refuge in during the siege.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَخْبَأٌ | مَخَابِئُ |
| Genitive | مَخْبَإٍ | مَخَابِئَ |
| Accusative | مَخْبَأً | مَخَابِئَ |
| Vocative | يَا مَخْبَأُ | يَا مَخَابِئُ |
Word family
خَبَأَto hide, conceal (something)
اِخْتَبَأَto hide oneself, take cover
مُخْتَبِئone who is hiding
خَبِيئَةhidden thing, stash
مَخَابِئhideouts, caches (plural)
Etymology
مَخْبَأ comes from the Semitic root kh-b-ʾ, meaning to hide or conceal. Arabic forms this noun by adding the place-prefix ma- to the root, giving a word that means, literally, a place of hiding. The same root gives Arabic its everyday verb for hiding something or oneself.
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