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نَظّارَة
eyeglasses, spectacles /naðˤˈðˤaːra/
nounB1#2213 most common
Also: glasses, a pair of glasses, goggles
Example sentences
أَيْنَ نَظّارَتي؟
Where are my glasses?
أَحْتاجُ نَظّارَةً جَديدةً لِلقِراءةِ.
I need new glasses for reading.
نَسِيَ جَدّي نَظّارَتَهُ عَلى الطّاوِلةِ.
My grandfather forgot his glasses on the table.
بِدونِ النَّظّارَةِ لا أَسْتَطيعُ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ لافِتاتِ الشّارِعِ.
Without glasses I cannot read the street signs.
يَرْتَدي نَظّارَةً شَمْسِيّةً أَنيقةً كُلَّما خَرَجَ في الصَّيْفِ.
He wears elegant sunglasses whenever he goes out in the summer.
أَوْصى الطَّبيبُ بِنَظّارَةٍ طِبِّيّةٍ لِتَصْحيحِ ضَعْفِ النَّظَرِ الَّذي ظَهَرَ مُؤَخَّراً.
The doctor recommended prescription glasses to correct the weakened eyesight that recently appeared.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نَظّارَةٌ | نَظّارَاتٌ |
| Genitive | نَظّارَةٍ | نَظّارَاتٍ |
| Accusative | نَظّارَةً | نَظّارَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا نَظّارَةُ | يا نَظّارَاتُ |
Word family
نَظَرَto look, to see
نَظَرsight, vision, glanceمَنْظَرview, scene, sightمِنْظارtelescope, scope
ناظِرobserver, supervisor
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root n-ẓ-r, meaning to look or to see. It takes the faʿʿāla pattern, which Arabic often uses for tools and instruments. So the noun names the device that helps a person look.
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