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مُخَيَّم
camp /mu.xajˈjam/
nounB1#2177 most common
Also: refugee camp, encampment, campsite
Example sentences
هٰذا مُخَيَّم كَبير.
This is a big camp.
نَذْهَب إلى المُخَيَّم في الصَّيْف.
We go to the camp in the summer.
يَعيش اللاجِئون في مُخَيَّم قُرْبَ الحُدود.
The refugees live in a camp near the border.
أَقامَت المُنَظَّمة مُخَيَّمًا لِإيواءِ النازِحين.
The organization set up a camp to shelter the displaced people.
تَحَوَّلَ المُخَيَّم المُؤَقَّت إلى تَجَمُّعٍ سَكَنِيٍّ دائِمٍ بِمُرورِ السَّنَوات.
The temporary camp turned into a permanent residential settlement over the years.
لَمْ تَكُنِ الظُّروفُ المَعيشِيّةُ داخِلَ المُخَيَّمِ لِتَحْتَمِلَ لَوْلا تَدَخُّلُ الهَيْئاتِ الإغاثِيّةِ العاجِل.
The living conditions inside the camp would have been unbearable were it not for the urgent intervention of the relief agencies.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُخَيَّمٌ | مُخَيَّماتٌ |
| Genitive | مُخَيَّمٍ | مُخَيَّماتٍ |
| Accusative | مُخَيَّمًا | مُخَيَّماتٍ |
| Vocative | يا مُخَيَّمُ | يا مُخَيَّماتُ |
Word family
خَيْمةtent
خَيَّمَto camp, to pitch a tent
تَخْييمcamping
مُخَيِّمcamper, one who camps
Etymology
The word derives from the triliteral root kh-y-m, which carries the sense of pitching a tent and staying in place. It is the passive participle of the second-form verb khayyama, meaning to set up camp. The noun of place formed from this pattern names the site where tents are pitched.
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