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مَقْعَد
seat /ˈmaq.ʕad/
nounA2#1075 most common
Also: bench, place to sit, parliamentary seat
Example sentences
هٰذَا مَقْعَدِي.
This is my seat.
أَيْنَ مَقْعَدُكَ فِي الْحَافِلَةِ؟
Where is your seat on the bus?
حَجَزْتُ مَقْعَدًا بِجَانِبِ النَّافِذَةِ.
I booked a seat by the window.
كَانَتْ جَمِيعُ الْمَقَاعِدِ مَشْغُولَةً عِنْدَمَا وَصَلْنَا.
All the seats were taken when we arrived.
فَازَ الْحِزْبُ بِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِئَةِ مَقْعَدٍ فِي الِانْتِخَابَاتِ الْأَخِيرَةِ.
The party won more than a hundred seats in the last elections.
لَمْ يَتَنَازَلِ الْوَزِيرُ عَنْ مَقْعَدِهِ رَغْمَ الضُّغُوطِ الْمُتَزَايِدَةِ لِإِقَالَتِهِ.
The minister did not give up his seat despite mounting pressure for his dismissal.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَقْعَدٌ | مَقَاعِدُ |
| Genitive | مَقْعَدٍ | مَقَاعِدَ |
| Accusative | مَقْعَدًا | مَقَاعِدَ |
| Vocative | مَقْعَدُ | مَقَاعِدُ |
Word family
قَعَدَto sit
قُعُودsitting (verbal noun)
قَاعِدَةbase, rule, foundation
مُقْعَدdisabled, unable to stand
مَقَاعِدseats (plural)
Etymology
مَقْعَد comes from the Arabic root ق-ع-د (q-ʿ-d), which means to sit. The مَـ prefix forms a noun of place, so the word names the spot where a person sits. From this base it covers chairs, benches, and the seats people hold in a parliament.
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