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مُواطِن
citizen /mʊˈwaː.tˤɪn/
nounB1#2199 most common
Also: national, fellow countryman, compatriot
Example sentences
أنا مُواطِن.
I am a citizen.
هو مُواطِن مِصْرِيّ.
He is an Egyptian citizen.
كُلّ مُواطِن لَهُ حُقوق وواجِبات.
Every citizen has rights and duties.
يَجِب على كُلّ مُواطِن أن يَدْفَع الضَّرائِب في مَوْعِدِها.
Every citizen must pay taxes on time.
خَرَجَ المُواطِنون إلى الشَّوارِع للمُطالَبة بِإصلاحاتٍ سِياسِيّة.
The citizens took to the streets to demand political reforms.
يَعْتَبِر القانون كُلَّ مُواطِنٍ مَسؤولاً عن الحِفاظ على المُمْتَلَكات العامّة وصَوْنِها.
The law holds every citizen responsible for preserving and protecting public property.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُواطِنٌ | مُواطِنونَ |
| Genitive | مُواطِنٍ | مُواطِنينَ |
| Accusative | مُواطِنًا | مُواطِنينَ |
| Vocative | يا مُواطِنُ | يا مُواطِنونَ |
Word family
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root w-ṭ-n, which carries the idea of a homeland or place of settlement. The base noun وَطَن (watan) means "homeland." مُواطِن is the active participle of the form III verb واطَنَ, so it literally names one who shares a homeland with others.
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