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مُشاهَدَة

watching /muˈʃaːhada/

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Also: viewing, viewership, sighting

Example sentences

أُحِبُّ مُشاهَدَةَ التِّلْفاز.
I like watching television.
مُشاهَدَةُ الأَفْلامِ مُمْتِعَةٌ جِدًّا.
Watching films is very enjoyable.
نَدْعوكُم إِلى مُشاهَدَةِ المُباراةِ غَدًا في المَلْعَب.
We invite you to watch the match tomorrow at the stadium.
أَتاحَتِ المِنَصّاتُ الرَّقَمِيَّةُ مُشاهَدَةَ الأَفْلامِ في أَيِّ وَقْت.
Digital platforms made it possible to watch films at any time.
حَقَّقَ البَرْنامَجُ نِسْبَةَ مُشاهَدَةٍ قِياسِيَّةً هذا العام.
The program achieved record viewership this year.
تُعَدُّ مُشاهَدَةُ الهِلالِ شَرْطًا لِإِثْباتِ بِدايَةِ الشَّهْرِ القَمَرِيِّ.
Sighting the crescent moon is a condition for confirming the start of the lunar month.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeمُشاهَدَةٌمُشاهَداتٌ
Genitiveمُشاهَدَةٍمُشاهَداتٍ
Accusativeمُشاهَدَةًمُشاهَداتٍ
Vocativeمُشاهَدَةُمُشاهَداتُ

Word family

شاهَدَto watch, to view
مُشاهِدviewer, spectatorشاهِدwitness
شَهادةtestimony, certificate
مَشْهَدscene, sight

Etymology

مُشاهَدَة is the verbal noun of the Form III verb شاهَدَ, meaning to watch or to view. Both come from the Semitic root ش-ه-د, which carries the sense of witnessing or being present at something. The pattern مُفاعَلة turns that root into the name of an action, here the act of watching. The same root gives شاهِد, a witness, and شَهادة, testimony.

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