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مُؤَقَّت
temporary /muʔaqˈqat/
adjectiveB1#2012 most common
Also: provisional, temporal (set to a fixed time), interim
Example sentences
هٰذا حَلٌّ مُؤَقَّت.
This is a temporary solution.
عِندي عَمَلٌ مُؤَقَّت.
I have a temporary job.
نَحتاجُ إلى إقامةٍ مُؤَقَّتةٍ في المدينة.
We need temporary residence in the city.
تَمَّ إغلاقُ الطريقِ بِشَكلٍ مُؤَقَّت.
The road was closed on a temporary basis.
وَقَّعَتِ الحكومةُ اتفاقاً مُؤَقَّتاً لِوَقفِ إطلاقِ النار.
The government signed a temporary ceasefire agreement.
تَعتَمِدُ المزارعُ على عُمّالٍ مُؤَقَّتينَ لِتَغطيةِ النقصِ في مواسمِ الحَصاد.
The farms rely on temporary workers to cover the shortage during the harvest seasons.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُؤَقَّتٌ | مُؤَقَّتُونَ |
| Genitive | مُؤَقَّتٍ | مُؤَقَّتِينَ |
| Accusative | مُؤَقَّتاً | مُؤَقَّتِينَ |
| Vocative | يا مُؤَقَّتُ | يا مُؤَقَّتُونَ |
Word family
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root w-q-t, meaning time. From it Arabic forms the verb waqqata, to set or fix a time for something. Muʾaqqat is the passive participle of that verb, so it describes a thing that has been given a set time, hence temporary.
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