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مَقْطَع
clip (a video or audio segment) /ˈmaq.tˤaʕ/
nounB1#2707 most common
Also: passage or excerpt (of text), syllable (in phonetics), section, part
Example sentences
هذا مَقْطَعُ فيديو جميل.
This is a nice video clip.
أرسلتُ لك مَقْطَعًا قصيرًا عبر واتساب.
I sent you a short clip via WhatsApp.
شاهدتُ مَقْطَعًا مضحكًا على يوتيوب أمس.
I watched a funny clip on YouTube yesterday.
اقرأ هذا المقطعَ من الرواية وأخبرني برأيك.
Read this passage from the novel and tell me your opinion.
يتكوّن هذا البيت الشعري من أربعة مقاطعَ صوتية.
This line of poetry consists of four phonetic syllables.
انتشر المقطعُ الذي سرّبته وسائل الإعلام بشكل واسع، مما أثار جدلاً سياسيًا.
The clip that the media leaked spread widely, sparking political controversy.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَقْطَعٌ | مَقَاطِعُ |
| Genitive | مَقْطَعٍ | مَقَاطِعَ |
| Accusative | مَقْطَعًا | مَقَاطِعَ |
| Vocative | يا مَقْطَعُ | يا مَقَاطِعُ |
Word family
قَطَعَto cut
قِطْعَةpiece, partتَقْطِيعcutting, segmentation, scansion
قَاطِعcutting, decisive
مُقَاطَعَةboycott; also province or district in some regional usages
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ق-ط-ع (q-ṭ-ʿ), meaning to cut or sever. Prefixing م to a triliteral root in the pattern مَفْعَل commonly builds a noun of place or instance, so مقطع originally meant the point or instance of cutting. From there it came to mean a cut piece, a segment or excerpt. Modern usage extended it further to a video or audio clip, much as English uses cut or clip.
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