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مَعْبَد
temple /ˈmaʕ.bad/
nounB1#2732 most common
Also: place of worship, shrine
Example sentences
هَذَا مَعْبَدٌ قَدِيمٌ.
This is an old temple.
ذَهَبْنَا إِلَى الْمَعْبَدِ أَمْسِ.
We went to the temple yesterday.
يَقَعُ الْمَعْبَدُ فَوْقَ تَلٍّ مُرْتَفِعٍ.
The temple sits atop a high hill.
بُنِيَ هَذَا الْمَعْبَدُ الْفِرْعَوْنِيُّ مُنْذُ آلَافِ السِّنِينَ.
This Pharaonic temple was built thousands of years ago.
تَحْتَوِي مِصْرُ عَلَى مَعَابِدَ فِرْعَوْنِيَّةٍ تَجْذِبُ مَلَايِينَ السُّيَّاحِ سَنَوِيًّا.
Egypt has Pharaonic temples that draw millions of tourists a year.
رَغْمَ مُرُورِ قُرُونٍ عَلَى بِنَائِهِ، لَا يَزَالُ الْمَعْبَدُ شَاهِدًا عَلَى بَرَاعَةِ الْمِعْمَارِ الْقَدِيمِ.
Despite centuries since its construction, the temple still stands as witness to the skill of ancient architecture.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَعْبَدٌ | مَعَابِدُ |
| Genitive | مَعْبَدٍ | مَعَابِدَ |
| Accusative | مَعْبَدًا | مَعَابِدَ |
| Vocative | يَا مَعْبَدُ | يَا مَعَابِدُ |
Word family
عَبَدَto worship
عِبَادَةworship, act of devotion
عَابِدworshipper
عَبْدservant, slaveمَعْبُودone who is worshipped, deity
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ʿ-b-d, meaning to serve or worship. Arabic forms the noun by adding the place prefix ma- to this root, giving a word that literally means the place where worship happens. The same root gives Arabic its common word for servant or slave, ʿabd, and the word for the act of worship, ʿibāda.
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