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نَظْرَة
glance /ˈnaðˤ.ra/
nounA1#508 most common
Also: look, gaze, glimpse
Example sentences
أَلْقَى نَظْرَةً على الكِتاب.
He took a look at the book.
نَظْرَةٌ واحِدَةٌ كانَتْ كافِيَة.
One look was enough.
أَلْقَتْ نَظْرَةً سَريعَةً على ساعَتِها.
She cast a quick glance at her watch.
وَقَعَ في الحُبِّ مِنْ أَوَّلِ نَظْرَة.
He fell in love at first sight.
تَبادَلا نَظْرَةً صامِتَةً فَهِما مِنها كُلَّ شَيء.
They exchanged a silent look, and from it understood everything.
لَمْ تَكُنْ سِوى نَظْرَةٍ عابِرَةٍ، لكِنَّها غَيَّرَتْ مَجْرى حَياتِهِ.
It was only a fleeting glance, but it changed the course of his life.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نَظْرَةٌ | نَظَراتٌ |
| Genitive | نَظْرَةٍ | نَظَراتٍ |
| Accusative | نَظْرَةً | نَظَراتٍ |
| Vocative | نَظْرَةُ | نَظَراتُ |
Word family
نَظَرَto look, to see
نَظَرsight, visionمَنْظَرview, sceneنَظّارةeyeglasses
مَنْظورperspective, viewpoint
Etymology
Naẓra is the noun of instance from the triliteral root n-ẓ-r, meaning to look or to see. The final taa marbuta marks a single occurrence, so the word names one act of looking. The same root yields naẓar, sight, and manẓar, view or scene.
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