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مُحاضَرَة
lecture /muˈħaːdˤara/
nounB2#3803 most common
Also: talk, class session
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ مُحاضَرَة.
This is a lecture.
أَحْضُرُ مُحاضَرَةً كُلَّ يَوْمِ اثْنَيْنِ.
I attend a lecture every Monday.
كانَتِ المُحاضَرَةُ مُمِلَّةً جِدًّا.
The lecture was very boring.
يُلْقِي الدُّكْتورُ مُحاضَرَةً عَنِ التّارِيخِ الإِسْلامِيِّ.
The professor is giving a lecture on Islamic history.
تَأَخَّرْتُ عَنِ المُحاضَرَةِ بِسَبَبِ الازْدِحامِ المُروريِّ.
I was late for the lecture because of traffic.
حَضَرْتُ مُحاضَرَةً مُثيرَةً لِلاهْتِمامِ حَوْلَ تَأْثيرِ الذَّكاءِ الاصْطِناعِيِّ عَلى سوقِ العَمَلِ.
I attended an interesting lecture on the impact of artificial intelligence on the job market.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُحاضَرَةٌ | مُحاضَراتٌ |
| Genitive | مُحاضَرَةٍ | مُحاضَراتٍ |
| Accusative | مُحاضَرَةً | مُحاضَراتٍ |
| Vocative | يا مُحاضَرَةُ | يا مُحاضَراتُ |
Word family
حَضَرَto be present, to attend
حاضَرَto lecture, to give a talk
مُحاضِرlecturer
حُضورpresence, attendance
حاضِرpresent, readyEtymology
The word comes from the Arabic root ح-ض-ر (ḥ-ḍ-r), which carries the core sense of being present or in attendance. The Form III verb حاضَرَ (ḥāḍara) means to lecture, literally to engage an audience in person. مُحاضَرَة is the verbal noun (maṣdar) of that verb, so it names the act itself: a session where a speaker is present before listeners. Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no Indo-European root.
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