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نادِي
club /ˈnaːdiː/
nounA2#741 most common
Also: association, society, clubhouse
Example sentences
أَذْهَبُ إِلى النّادي كُلَّ يَوم.
I go to the club every day.
نادي كُرَةِ القَدَم قَريبٌ مِن بَيتي.
The football club is near my house.
اِنضَمَمتُ إِلى النّادي الرِّياضيّ الشَّهرَ الماضي.
I joined the sports club last month.
يُنَظِّمُ النّادي الثّقافيّ نَدوةً أُسبوعيّةً لِأَعضائِه.
The cultural club organizes a weekly seminar for its members.
تَحَوَّلَ النّادي إلى مَركَزٍ يَلتَقي فيهِ المُثَقَّفونَ لِتَبادُلِ الآراء.
The club turned into a center where intellectuals meet to exchange views.
تَأَسَّسَتِ الأَنديةُ الأَدَبيّةُ في القَرنِ الماضي لِتَكونَ مَنابِرَ لِلنِّقاشِ الفِكريِّ الحُرّ.
The literary clubs were founded in the last century to be platforms for free intellectual debate.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نادٍ / النّادي (nādin / an-nādī) | أَنْدِية (andiya) |
| Genitive | نادٍ / النّادي (nādin / an-nādī) | أَنْدِية (andiya) |
| Accusative | نادِياً / النّاديَ (nādiyan / an-nādiya) | أَنْدِية (andiya) |
| Vocative | يا نادي (yā nādī) | يا أَنْدِية (yā andiya) |
Word family
نادى (nādā)to call out, to summon
نَدْوة (nadwa)seminar, symposium
نِداء (nidāʾ)a call, an appeal
مُنادٍ (munādin)herald, caller
أَنْدِية (andiya)clubs (plural)
Etymology
نادي comes from the Semitic root n-d-w, which means to call or to gather. A نادي was first a place where people assembled, such as the council house of pre-Islamic Mecca known as دار الندوة. Modern Arabic narrowed the sense to a club, an organized place where members meet for sport, culture, or leisure.
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