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نُخْبَة
elite /ˈnux.ba/
nounA2#1264 most common
Also: the select few, the cream of the crop, choice pick
Example sentences
هُمْ نُخْبَة.
They are an elite.
في المدرسة نُخْبَة من الطلاب.
At the school there is an elite group of students.
تخرّجت نُخْبَة من المهندسين هذا العام.
An elite group of engineers graduated this year.
تُمثّل هذه المجموعة نُخْبَة المجتمع الثقافية.
This group represents the cultural elite of society.
غالباً ما تُتّهم النُخْبَة السياسية بالانفصال عن هموم الناس.
The political elite is often accused of being out of touch with people's concerns.
لطالما هيمنت نُخْبَةٌ ضيّقة على مفاصل الاقتصاد، تاركةً الأغلبية على الهامش.
A narrow elite has long dominated the levers of the economy, leaving the majority on the margins.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نُخْبَةٌ | نُخَبٌ |
| Genitive | نُخْبَةٍ | نُخَبٍ |
| Accusative | نُخْبَةً | نُخَباً |
| Vocative | يا نُخْبَةُ | يا نُخَبُ |
Word family
اِنْتَخَبَto elect, to choose
اِنْتِخَابَاتelections
نَاخِبvoter, elector
مُنْتَخَبnational team; selected
نُخْبَوِيّelitist
Etymology
نُخْبَة comes from the triconsonantal root ن-خ-ب (n-kh-b), whose core sense is to pick out the best. It follows the noun pattern fuʿla. The same root supplies the Arabic words for electing and for voting.
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