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مَطار
airport /maˈtˤaːr/
nounB1#1509 most common
Also: aerodrome, airfield
Example sentences
المَطار كبير.
The airport is big.
ذهبتُ إلى المَطار بالسيّارة.
I went to the airport by car.
وصلنا إلى المَطار قبل ساعتين من موعد الرحلة.
We arrived at the airport two hours before the flight time.
يقع المَطار الجديد على بُعد ثلاثين كيلومتراً من وسط المدينة.
The new airport lies thirty kilometers from the city center.
أُغلق المَطار بسبب الأحوال الجوّية السيّئة، فتأخّرت جميع الرحلات.
The airport was closed because of bad weather, so all flights were delayed.
تشهد مَطارات المنطقة توسّعاً كبيراً لمواكبة الزيادة المطّردة في أعداد المسافرين.
The region's airports are undergoing major expansion to keep pace with the steady rise in passenger numbers.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَطارٌ | مَطاراتٌ |
| Genitive | مَطارٍ | مَطاراتٍ |
| Accusative | مَطاراً | مَطاراتٍ |
| Vocative | يا مَطارُ | يا مَطاراتُ |
Word family
Etymology
مَطار comes from the Semitic root ط-ي-ر (ṭ-y-r), 'to fly.' It is a noun of place formed with a prefixed mīm, so it names the place of flying. The same root gives طار (to fly), طائرة (airplane), and طائر (bird).
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