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نِطاق
scope /niˈtˤaːq/
nounB1#2264 most common
Also: range, domain, zone
Example sentences
هٰذا في نِطاق عَمَلي.
This is within the scope of my work.
المَشروع كَبير النِطاق.
The project is large in scope.
هٰذِهِ المُشكِلة خارِج نِطاق مَسؤوليَّتي.
This problem is outside the scope of my responsibility.
وَسَّعَت الشَّرِكة نِطاق خِدْماتِها لِتَشمَل مُدُناً جَديدة.
The company widened the scope of its services to include new cities.
يَقَع هٰذا القَرار خارِج نِطاق صَلاحِيّات المَجلِس.
This decision falls outside the scope of the council's powers.
على نِطاق واسِع، أَحدَثَت التِّكنولوجيا تَحَوُّلاً جَذرِيّاً في أَنماط الإنتاج.
On a wide scale, technology has brought a radical shift in patterns of production.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نِطاقٌ | نُطُقٌ |
| Genitive | نِطاقٍ | نُطُقٍ |
| Accusative | نِطاقاً | نُطُقاً |
| Vocative | يا نِطاقُ | يا نُطُقُ |
Word family
نَطَقَto speak, to pronounce
مِنْطَقةregion, zone, area
مَنْطِقlogicنُطْقspeech, pronunciation
ناطِقspeaker, spokesperson
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ن-ط-ق. In Classical Arabic نِطاق named a belt or girdle tied at the waist. Because the belt encircled the body, the word came to mean the extent something covers. Modern Arabic uses it mainly for scope, range, or domain.
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