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مُقاتِل
fighter /muˈqaː.tɪl/
nounB1#2573 most common
Also: combatant, warrior, militant
Example sentences
هُوَ مُقاتِل شُجاع.
He is a brave fighter.
المُقاتِل يَحْمِلُ سِلاحاً.
The fighter carries a weapon.
قُتِلَ المُقاتِلونَ في المَعْرَكَةِ.
The fighters were killed in the battle.
انْضَمَّ العَديدُ مِنَ الشَبابِ إلى صُفوفِ المُقاتِلينَ.
Many young people joined the ranks of the fighters.
يُعَدُّ هذا المُقاتِلُ مِن أَبرَزِ قادَةِ الفَصيلِ المُسَلَّحِ.
This fighter is considered one of the most prominent leaders of the armed faction.
عَلى الرَّغمِ مِن إصاباتِهِ البالِغَةِ، رَفَضَ المُقاتِلُ التَراجُعَ عَن مَوقِعِهِ حَتّى وَصَلَتِ الإمْداداتُ.
Despite his severe wounds, the fighter refused to retreat from his position until reinforcements arrived.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُقاتِلٌ | مُقاتِلونَ |
| Genitive | مُقاتِلٍ | مُقاتِلينَ |
| Accusative | مُقاتِلاً | مُقاتِلينَ |
| Vocative | يا مُقاتِلُ | يا مُقاتِلونَ |
Word family
قاتَلَto fight, do battle with
قِتالfighting, combatمُقاتَلةthe act of fighting (verbal noun)
قاتِلkiller, murdererمَقْتَلfatal wound, place of deathEtymology
مُقاتِل comes from the Semitic root ق-ت-ل (q-t-l), which carries the core sense of killing. The Form III verb قاتَلَ means to fight or do battle with someone, a reciprocal or effortful sense built on the base verb قَتَلَ, to kill. مُقاتِل is the active participle of that Form III verb, so it names the person who does the fighting: a fighter or combatant.
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