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مُحارَبَة
combating (waging war against) /mʊˈħaː.ra.ba/
nounB2#3459 most common
Also: fighting (against), warring, battling
Example sentences
يجب مُحارَبَةُ الفساد.
Corruption must be fought.
الحكومة تسعى إلى مُحارَبَة الفقر.
The government seeks to combat poverty.
مُحارَبَةُ الإرهاب تتطلّب تعاوناً دولياً.
Combating terrorism requires international cooperation.
لا يمكن مُحارَبَةُ الجهل إلا بالتعليم.
Ignorance can only be combated through education.
استمرّت مُحارَبَتُهُ للظلم طوال حياته.
His fight against injustice continued throughout his life.
على الرغم من محاولات الإصلاح، ظلّت مُحارَبَةُ الفساد المستشري تحدياً مستعصياً أمام الدولة.
Despite reform attempts, combating rampant corruption remained an intractable challenge for the state.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُحارَبَةٌ | مُحارَباتٌ |
| Genitive | مُحارَبَةٍ | مُحارَباتٍ |
| Accusative | مُحارَبَةً | مُحارَباتٍ |
| Vocative | يا مُحارَبَةُ | يا مُحارَباتُ |
Word family
Etymology
مُحارَبَة is the verbal noun of حارَبَ, a Form III verb built on the Semitic root ح-ر-ب, which carries the sense of war and fighting. The base noun حَرْب means war. Form III often marks an action done toward or against another party, so مُحارَبَة denotes the act of waging war on or contending with someone.
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More Arabic words
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