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مَرْتَبَة
rank /ˈmar.ta.ba/
nounB2#3527 most common
Also: level, grade, mattress
Example sentences
هُوَ فِي المَرْتَبَةِ الأُولَى.
He is in first place.
حَصَلَتْ سَارَة عَلَى المَرْتَبَةِ الثَّانِيَة فِي السِّبَاق.
Sara got second place in the race.
تَرْتَفِعُ مَرْتَبَتُهُ الوَظِيفِيَّةُ كُلَّ عَامٍ.
His job rank rises every year.
تَحْتَلُّ الجَامِعَةُ مَرْتَبَةً مُتَقَدِّمَةً بَيْنَ الجَامِعَاتِ العَالَمِيَّة.
The university holds an advanced rank among world universities.
تَخْتَلِفُ مَرَاتِبُ المُوَظَّفِينَ بِاخْتِلَافِ خِبْرَاتِهِمْ وَمُؤَهِّلَاتِهِمْ.
Employees' ranks differ according to their experience and qualifications.
لَا تُقَاسُ مَرْتَبَةُ الإِنْسَانِ بِثَرْوَتِهِ بَلْ بِأَخْلَاقِهِ وَعِلْمِهِ.
A person's rank is not measured by his wealth but by his morals and knowledge.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَرْتَبَةٌ | مَرَاتِبُ |
| Genitive | مَرْتَبَةٍ | مَرَاتِبَ |
| Accusative | مَرْتَبَةً | مَرَاتِبَ |
| Vocative | يَا مَرْتَبَةُ | يَا مَرَاتِبُ |
Word family
رُتْبَةrank, grade (often military)تَرْتِيبarrangement, order, tidying
رَتَّبَto arrange, organize, tidy
مُرَتَّبsalary; arranged, organized
رَتِيبmonotonous, regular
Etymology
مَرْتَبَة comes from the Arabic root ر ت ب (r-t-b), which carries the sense of being fixed, arranged, or set in order. The noun follows the مَفْعَلة pattern, which often marks a place or state tied to the verb's meaning, here giving the sense of a fixed position within an order. Arabic is a Semitic language, not Indo-European, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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