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مُناوَبَة
shift (work shift / duty rotation) /muˈnaːwabah/
nounB2#4391 most common
Also: duty rotation, on-call duty, turn (taking turns)
Example sentences
عِنْدي مُناوَبَة اليَوْم.
I have a shift today.
الطَّبيبُ في المُناوَبَةِ اللَّيْلِيَّة.
The doctor is on the night shift.
تَبْدَأُ مُناوَبَتي السَّاعَةَ الثّامِنَة.
My shift starts at eight o'clock.
يَتَناوَبُ المُوَظَّفونَ على المُناوَبات لِتَغْطِيَةِ العَمَلِ طَوالَ الأُسْبوع.
Employees rotate shifts to cover the work throughout the week.
وَضَعَتِ الإدارَةُ جَدْوَلَ مُناوَبَة جَديداً لِضَمانِ وُجودِ مُمَرِّضٍ في كُلِّ وَقْت.
The administration set up a new shift schedule to ensure a nurse is present at all times.
أَثارَ نِظامُ المُناوَبَةِ الطَّويلَةِ اسْتِياءَ الأَطِبّاءِ الَّذينَ يُطالِبونَ بِإعادَةِ تَوْزيعِ ساعاتِ العَمَل.
The long-shift system provoked discontent among doctors who are demanding a redistribution of working hours.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُناوَبَةٌ | مُناوَباتٌ |
| Genitive | مُناوَبَةٍ | مُناوَباتٍ |
| Accusative | مُناوَبَةً | مُناوَباتٍ |
| Vocative | يا مُناوَبَةُ | يا مُناوَباتُ |
Word family
ناوَبَto take turns with, alternate with (someone)
تَناوَبَto take turns, alternate mutually
نائِبdeputy, vice-, representativeنَوْبَةturn; attack or spell (e.g. heart attack)نِيابةdeputyship; public prosecution office
Etymology
مُناوَبَة is the verbal noun of the Form III verb ناوَبَ, built on the triliteral root ن-و-ب, which carries the sense of taking turns or standing in for someone. The مُفاعَلة pattern of Form III typically expresses a reciprocal or mutual action between two parties, so the word literally denotes the act of alternating duty with another person. Arabic is a Semitic language, not Indo-European, so it has no PIE root.
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