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مَدْرَسَة
school /ˈmad.ra.sa/
nounA1#298 most common
Also: madrasa (Islamic religious school), school of thought
Example sentences
أَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْمَدْرَسَةِ.
I go to school.
مَدْرَسَتِي قَرِيبَةٌ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ.
My school is near the house.
تَقَعُ الْمَدْرَسَةُ الْجَدِيدَةُ فِي وَسَطِ الْمَدِينَةِ.
The new school is in the city center.
قَرَّرَتِ الْوِزَارَةُ بِنَاءَ مَدْرَسَةٍ ثَانَوِيَّةٍ فِي الْقَرْيَةِ.
The ministry decided to build a secondary school in the village.
تَخَرَّجَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْمَدْرَسَةِ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ الْأَطِبَّاءِ وَالْمُهَنْدِسِينَ.
Many doctors and engineers graduated from this school.
تُعَدُّ هَذِهِ الْمَدْرَسَةُ الْفِكْرِيَّةُ مِنْ أَعْرَقِ الْمَدَارِسِ الْفَلْسَفِيَّةِ فِي الْعَالَمِ الْعَرَبِيِّ.
This school of thought is among the most venerable philosophical schools in the Arab world.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَدْرَسَةٌ | مَدَارِسُ |
| Genitive | مَدْرَسَةٍ | مَدَارِسَ |
| Accusative | مَدْرَسَةً | مَدَارِسَ |
| Vocative | مَدْرَسَةُ | مَدَارِسُ |
Word family
Etymology
مَدْرَسَة comes from the triliteral root د-ر-س, whose verb darasa means to study or learn. The mīm prefix and the pattern مَفْعَلَة mark a noun of place, so the word means literally a place of study. The same root runs across Semitic languages with a related sense of going over a text closely.
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