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مُحْتَوَى
content (the substance held within something, such as a book, message, or website) /muħ.taˈwaː/
nounB2#4408 most common
Also: substance, subject matter, contents
Example sentences
هذا الكتاب مُحْتَوَاهُ جَيِّد.
This book's content is good.
لم أفهم مُحْتَوَى الرسالة.
I didn't understand the content of the message.
يجب أن يكون مُحْتَوَى الموقع مفيدًا للزوار.
The website's content must be useful for visitors.
تمت مراجعة مُحْتَوَى التقرير قبل نشره.
The report's content was reviewed before it was published.
يختلف مُحْتَوَى الاتفاقية باختلاف الأطراف الموقّعة.
The content of the agreement differs depending on the signing parties.
أثار مُحْتَوَى الخطاب السياسي جدلاً واسعًا بين المحللين.
The content of the political speech sparked wide controversy among analysts.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُحْتَوًى | مُحْتَوَيَاتٌ |
| Genitive | مُحْتَوًى | مُحْتَوَيَاتٍ |
| Accusative | مُحْتَوًى | مُحْتَوَيَاتٍ |
| Vocative | مُحْتَوَى | مُحْتَوَيَات |
Word family
اِحْتَوَىto contain, include, encompass
يَحْتَوِيcontains (present tense)
مُحْتَوَيَاتcontents (itemized plural)
حَاوِيَةcontainer
حَوَىto gather in, hold (base root verb)Etymology
مُحْتَوَى comes from the Arabic root ح-و-ي, which carries the sense of containing, gathering, or holding something within bounds. The word is the passive participle of the Form VIII verb اِحْتَوَى (iḥtawā), meaning to contain or encompass, formed by inserting a ت after the first root letter. Arabic is a Semitic language, not an Indo-European one, so the word has no Indo-European root. The old sense of that which is contained gave rise to the modern meaning of content in a book, message, or website.
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