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مُرَشَّح
candidate /muˈraʃ.ʃaħ/
nounB2#3028 most common
Also: nominee, applicant
Example sentences
هُوَ مُرَشَّحٌ جَيِّدٌ.
He is a good candidate.
هَذَا المُرَشَّحُ شَابٌّ.
This candidate is young.
صَوَّتُّ لِلْمُرَشَّحِ الجَدِيدِ.
I voted for the new candidate.
يَتَنَافَسُ ثَلَاثَةُ مُرَشَّحِينَ فِي الِانْتِخَابَاتِ.
Three candidates are competing in the elections.
أَعْلَنَتِ اللَّجْنَةُ أَسْمَاءَ المُرَشَّحِينَ النِّهَائِيِّينَ لِلْجَائِزَةِ.
The committee announced the names of the final nominees for the award.
رَغْمَ الِانْتِقَادَاتِ الَّتِي طَالَتْ بَرْنَامَجَهُ الِانْتِخَابِيَّ، ظَلَّ المُرَشَّحُ الأَوْفَرَ حَظًّا لِلْفَوْزِ بِالرِّئَاسَةِ.
Despite the criticism aimed at his election platform, he remained the candidate most likely to win the presidency.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُرَشَّحٌ | مُرَشَّحُونَ |
| Genitive | مُرَشَّحٍ | مُرَشَّحِينَ |
| Accusative | مُرَشَّحًا | مُرَشَّحِينَ |
| Vocative | يَا مُرَشَّحُ | يَا مُرَشَّحُونَ |
Word family
رَشَّحَto nominate, put forward
تَرَشَّحَto run as a candidate, be nominated
تَرْشِيحnomination
مُرَشِّحfilter (device); one who nominates
مُرَشَّحَةcandidate (female)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root r-sh-ḥ, whose basic sense is to ooze, seep, or sweat out. The Form II verb rashshaḥa extends this to filtering or straining, and from there to selecting or putting someone forward, since filtering separates out what is wanted. Murashshaḥ is the passive participle of that verb: someone who has been put forward, that is, a candidate. Because Arabic is a Semitic language, it has no Indo-European root behind this word.
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