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مُوسِيقَى
music /muːˈsiːqaː/
nounA2#749 most common
Also: the art of music, a piece of music
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ المُوسِيقَى.
I love music.
أَسْتَمِعُ إِلَى المُوسِيقَى كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ.
I listen to music every morning.
تَعْزِفُ فَاطِمَةُ المُوسِيقَى عَلَى البِيَانُو.
Fatima plays music on the piano.
تُسَاعِدُنِي المُوسِيقَى الهَادِئَةُ عَلَى التَّرْكِيزِ أَثْنَاءَ الدِّرَاسَةِ.
Quiet music helps me concentrate while studying.
تَعْكِسُ المُوسِيقَى الشَّعْبِيَّةُ تَارِيخَ الأُمَّةِ وَهُوِيَّتَهَا الثَّقَافِيَّةَ.
Folk music reflects the nation's history and its cultural identity.
لَمْ تَكُنِ المُوسِيقَى مُجَرَّدَ تَرْفِيهٍ، بَلْ كَانَتْ وَسِيلَةً لِلتَّعْبِيرِ عَنْ مَشَاعِرَ يَعْجَزُ الكَلَامُ عَنْ وَصْفِهَا.
Music was not mere entertainment; it was a means of expressing feelings that words fail to describe.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُوسِيقَى | — |
| Genitive | مُوسِيقَى | — |
| Accusative | مُوسِيقَى | — |
| Vocative | يَا مُوسِيقَى | — |
Word family
مُوسِيقِيّmusicianمُوسِيقِيّmusical, relating to music
مُوسِيقَارmaestro, master composer
مُوسِيقَى تَصْوِيرِيَّةsoundtrack, film score
Etymology
Arabic borrowed mūsīqā from Greek mousikē, 'the art of the Muses', most likely through Syriac during the early translation movement. Medieval scholars such as al-Farabi used it for the theory and practice of sound and melody. The Greek term traces to Mousa, the Muse, whose own origin is debated among linguists. The same Greek source gave English 'music' and Latin 'musica'.
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