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مَظْهَر
appearance /mɑðˤˈhɑr/
nounB1#1661 most common
Also: outward look, manifestation, aspect
Example sentences
مَظْهَرُهُ جَمِيلٌ.
His appearance is nice.
أَهْتَمُّ بِمَظْهَري.
I care about my appearance.
لا تَحْكُمْ عَلى النّاسِ مِنْ مَظْهَرِهِمْ.
Do not judge people by their appearance.
المَظْهَرُ الخارِجِيُّ لا يَكْشِفُ حَقيقَةَ الإِنْسانِ.
Outward appearance does not reveal a person's true nature.
تُعَدُّ هذِهِ العادَةُ مَظْهَراً مِنْ مَظاهِرِ التَّخَلُّفِ الاجْتِماعِيِّ.
This custom is one manifestation of social backwardness.
اِنْشَغَلَ بِالمَظاهِرِ الزّائِفَةِ حَتّى نَسِيَ جَوْهَرَ المَسْأَلَةِ.
He busied himself with false appearances until he forgot the essence of the matter.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَظْهَرٌ | مَظاهِرُ |
| Genitive | مَظْهَرٍ | مَظاهِرَ |
| Accusative | مَظْهَراً | مَظاهِرَ |
| Vocative | يا مَظْهَرُ | يا مَظاهِرُ |
Word family
ظَهَرَto appear, become visible
أَظْهَرَto show, display
ظاهِرapparent, evident
ظاهِرَةphenomenonمَظاهِرappearances, manifestations (plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the triliteral root ظ-ه-ر (ẓ-h-r), which means to appear or to become visible. The prefix ma- forms a noun of place or instrument, so the literal sense is the place or means by which something shows itself. From this developed the meaning of outward appearance or manifestation.
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