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مُسْتَقْبَلِيّ
future (adj.) /mus.taq.baˈliː/
adjectiveB1#2727 most common
Also: futuristic, prospective
Example sentences
عِنْدِي خُطَّةٌ مُسْتَقْبَلِيَّةٌ.
I have a future plan.
هَذَا مَشْرُوعٌ مُسْتَقْبَلِيٌّ مُهِمٌّ.
This is an important future project.
تَتَحَدَّثُ الشَّرِكَةُ عَنْ رُؤْيَتِهَا الْمُسْتَقْبَلِيَّةِ.
The company talks about its future vision.
تَسْتَثْمِرُ الْحُكُومَةُ فِي مَشَارِيعَ مُسْتَقْبَلِيَّةٍ لِتَطْوِيرِ الْمُدُنِ.
The government invests in future projects to develop cities.
يَتَبَنَّى الْكَاتِبُ نَظْرَةً مُسْتَقْبَلِيَّةً تَتَجَاوَزُ الْوَاقِعَ الرَّاهِنَ.
The writer adopts a futuristic outlook that goes beyond the present reality.
تُثِيرُ السَّرْدِيَّاتُ الْمُسْتَقْبَلِيَّةُ فِي الْأَدَبِ تَسَاؤُلَاتٍ فَلْسَفِيَّةً عَمِيقَةً حَوْلَ مَصِيرِ الْإِنْسَانِ.
Futuristic narratives in literature raise deep philosophical questions about the fate of humanity.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُسْتَقْبَلِيٌّ | مُسْتَقْبَلِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | مُسْتَقْبَلِيٍّ | مُسْتَقْبَلِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | مُسْتَقْبَلِيًّا | مُسْتَقْبَلِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | يَا مُسْتَقْبَلِيُّ | يَا مُسْتَقْبَلِيُّونَ |
Word family
مُسْتَقْبَلthe future
اِسْتَقْبَلَto receive, to welcome
اِسْتِقْبَالreception, welcoming
قِبْلَةthe direction faced in prayer
مُقَابِلopposite, in exchange for
Etymology
مُسْتَقْبَلِيّ is built from مُسْتَقْبَل, the noun for "future," by adding the nisba suffix ـِيّ, which turns a noun into a relative adjective. مُسْتَقْبَل is itself the passive participle of the Form X verb اِسْتَقْبَلَ, "to receive, to face, to welcome," from the triliteral root ق ب ل, which carries the core sense of "front" or "before." The future is conceived here as the time that comes toward you and that you turn to face.
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