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مَعْرِض
exhibition /ˈmaʕ.ridˤ/
nounB1#2070 most common
Also: exhibition hall, showroom, fair
Example sentences
هٰذَا مَعْرِضٌ كَبِيرٌ.
This is a big exhibition.
زُرْنَا مَعْرِضَ الكِتَابِ أَمْسِ.
We visited the book fair yesterday.
يُقَامُ المَعْرِضُ فِي قَاعَةٍ وَاسِعَةٍ كُلَّ عَامٍ.
The exhibition is held in a large hall every year.
عَرَضَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ سَيَّارَاتِهَا الجَدِيدَةَ فِي مَعْرِضِ السَّيَّارَاتِ الدَّوْلِيِّ.
The company showed its new cars at the international car exhibition.
لَمْ يَكُنِ المَعْرِضُ مُجَرَّدَ عَرْضٍ تِجَارِيٍّ، بَلْ كَانَ مِنَصَّةً لِلْحِوَارِ الثَّقَافِيِّ.
The exhibition was more than a commercial display. It served as a platform for cultural dialogue.
فِي مَعْرِضِ حَدِيثِهِ عَنِ الأَزْمَةِ، أَشَارَ الرَّئِيسُ إِلَى ضَرُورَةِ الإِصْلَاحِ.
In the course of his remarks about the crisis, the president pointed to the need for reform.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَعْرِضٌ | مَعَارِضُ |
| Genitive | مَعْرِضٍ | مَعَارِضَ |
| Accusative | مَعْرِضًا | مَعَارِضَ |
| Vocative | يَا مَعْرِضُ | يَا مَعَارِضُ |
Word family
عَرَضَto display, present
عَرْضdisplay, offer, presentationمَعْرُوضdisplayed, on offer
اِسْتِعْرَاضparade, review, show
عَارِضَةfashion model
Etymology
مَعْرِض comes from the triliteral Semitic root ع-ر-ض, which carries the sense of displaying or presenting. The mīm prefix forms a noun of place, so the word names the place where things are shown. The same root yields عَرْض, a display or offer, and عَرَضَ, to present. Modern usage covers trade fairs, art galleries, and showrooms.
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