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هَدَف
goal /ˈha.daf/
nounA1#591 most common
Also: aim, objective, target
Example sentences
هَدَفي هو النَّجاح.
My goal is success.
سَجَّلَ الفَريقُ هَدَفاً جَميلاً.
The team scored a beautiful goal.
لِكُلِّ إنسانٍ هَدَفٌ في الحَياة.
Every person has a goal in life.
يَجِبُ أن يَكونَ لَكَ هَدَفٌ واضِحٌ قَبْلَ أن تَبْدَأ.
You must have a clear goal before you begin.
لم يَتَمَكَّنِ الفَريقُ مِن تَسْجيلِ هَدَفٍ طَوالَ المُباراة.
The team could not score a goal during the whole match.
إنَّ تَحْقيقَ هَدَفٍ نَبيلٍ يَتَطَلَّبُ صَبْراً وتَضْحِيَةً كَبيرَيْن.
Achieving a noble goal requires patience and great sacrifice.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | هَدَفٌ | أَهْدافٌ |
| Genitive | هَدَفٍ | أَهْدافٍ |
| Accusative | هَدَفاً | أَهْدافاً |
| Vocative | يا هَدَفُ | يا أَهْدافُ |
Word family
أَهْدافgoals, objectives (plural)
هَدَفَto aim, to head toward
اِسْتَهْدَفَto target
هادِفpurposeful
مُسْتَهْدَفtarget, the thing targeted
Etymology
The word comes from the triliteral root ه-د-ف, which carries the sense of aiming at or facing a thing. In Classical Arabic هَدَف also named a raised mound or a large butt used as a target in archery. From that physical target the meaning widened to any aim or objective. In modern speech it also names a goal scored in football.
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