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مَعْرَكَة
battle /ˈmaʕ.ra.ka/
nounA2#906 most common
Also: fight, clash, engagement
Example sentences
هَذِهِ مَعْرَكَة كَبِيرَة.
This is a big battle.
اِنْتَهَتِ الْمَعْرَكَة بِسُرْعَة.
The battle ended quickly.
خَسِرَ الْجَيْشُ الْمَعْرَكَة لَكِنَّهُ كَسَبَ الْحَرْب.
The army lost the battle but won the war.
دَارَتْ مَعْرَكَة عَنِيفَة بَيْنَ الْقُوَّاتِ قُرْبَ الْحُدُود.
A fierce battle raged between the forces near the border.
تُعَدُّ هَذِهِ الْمَعْرَكَة نُقْطَةَ تَحَوُّلٍ حَاسِمَةً فِي تَارِيخِ الْحَرْب.
This battle is considered a decisive turning point in the history of the war.
لَمْ تَكُنِ الْمَعْرَكَة عَسْكَرِيَّةً فَحَسْب، بَلْ كَانَتْ مَعْرَكَةً فِكْرِيَّةً حَوْلَ هُوِيَّةِ الْأُمَّة.
The battle was not only military; it was an intellectual battle over the nation's identity.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَعْرَكَةٌ | مَعَارِكُ |
| Genitive | مَعْرَكَةٍ | مَعَارِكَ |
| Accusative | مَعْرَكَةً | مَعَارِكَ |
| Vocative | يَا مَعْرَكَةُ | يَا مَعَارِكُ |
Word family
عَرَكَto rub, to grind, to fight
اِعْتَرَكَto clash, to wrestle, to struggle
عِرَاكfight, fray, scuffle
مُعْتَرَكarena, field of struggle
مَعَارِكbattles (plural of مَعْرَكَة)
Etymology
مَعْرَكَة comes from the triliteral root ع-ر-ك, whose base verb عَرَكَ means to rub, grind, or chafe. From the image of two sides grinding against each other, the root took on the sense of fighting. With the mīm prefix and the مَفْعَلَة pattern, the word names the place or occasion of that clash, that is, a battle. The Hebrew מַעֲרָכָה, 'battle line,' is a parallel formation on a matching Semitic root.
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