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نَبْضَة
a pulse (a single beat or throb) /ˈnabdˤa/
nounB2#4087 most common
Also: a beat, a throb, an electrical pulse
Example sentences
شَعَرْتُ بِنَبْضَةٍ فِي إِصْبَعِي.
I felt a pulse in my finger.
نَبْضَةُ قَلْبِهِ كَانَتْ سَرِيعَةً جِدًّا.
His heartbeat was very fast.
وَضَعَ الطَّبِيبُ أُصْبُعَهُ عَلَى مِعْصَمِي لِيَعُدَّ كُلَّ نَبْضَةٍ.
The doctor put his finger on my wrist to count each pulse beat.
أَرْسَلَ الجِهَازُ نَبْضَةً كَهْرَبَائِيَّةً لِتَنْظِيمِ ضَرَبَاتِ القَلْبِ.
The device sent an electrical pulse to regulate the heartbeats.
فِي كُلِّ نَبْضَةٍ مِنْ نَبَضَاتِ الكَوْنِ يَكْمُنُ سِرٌّ لَمْ يُكْتَشَفْ بَعْدُ.
In every pulse of the universe lies a secret not yet discovered.
تُطْلِقُ الرَّادَارَاتُ نَبْضَةً مِنَ المَوْجَاتِ الكَهْرُومَغْنَاطِيسِيَّةِ لِتَحْدِيدِ مَوْقِعِ الأَجْسَامِ البَعِيدَةِ.
Radars emit a pulse of electromagnetic waves to locate distant objects.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نَبْضَةٌ | نَبَضَاتٌ |
| Genitive | نَبْضَةٍ | نَبَضَاتٍ |
| Accusative | نَبْضَةً | نَبَضَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا نَبْضَةُ | يَا نَبَضَاتُ |
Word family
نَبَضَto pulse, throb, beat
نَبْضpulse (general term, e.g. pulse rate)نَابِضthrobbing; also a mechanical spring
نَبَضَاتpulses, beats (plural)
Etymology
نَبْضَة comes from the Arabic root ن ب ض (n-b-ḍ), whose verb نَبَضَ means to throb, beat, or pulse. The form نَبْضَة follows the فَعْلَة pattern used across Arabic to mark a single instance of an action, so it means one throb rather than pulsing in general. Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no Indo-European (PIE) root.
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