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واقِعِيّ
realistic /waː.qiˈʕiː/
adjectiveB1#2941 most common
Also: real, actual, factual
Example sentences
هذا الفيلم واقعي جداً.
This movie is very realistic.
أحمد شخص واقعي في تفكيره.
Ahmad is a realistic person in his thinking.
يجب أن تكون واقعياً عند وضع خططك.
You must be realistic when making your plans.
القصة مبنية على أحداث واقعية حدثت في الحرب.
The story is based on real events that happened during the war.
يميل الكاتب إلى استخدام أسلوب واقعي يعكس معاناة الناس اليومية.
The writer tends to use a realistic style that reflects people's daily suffering.
على الرغم من طموحه، ظل حذراً وواقعياً في تقييمه للمخاطر الاقتصادية المحتملة.
Despite his ambition, he stayed cautious and realistic in his assessment of the potential economic risks.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | واقِعِيٌّ | واقِعِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | واقِعِيٍّ | واقِعِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | واقِعِيّاً | واقِعِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | يا واقِعِيُّ | يا واقِعِيُّونَ |
Word family
واقعreality, fact, the actual
واقعيةrealism
وقعto fall, happen, occur
توقعto expect
مواقعlocations, websites
Etymology
The word comes from the root و-ق-ع (waqaʿa), meaning to fall, land, or happen. From this root, Arabic forms واقع (wāqiʿ), the active participle meaning reality or actual fact. Adding the nisba suffix -ي turns that noun into an adjective, giving واقِعِيّ, meaning realistic or pertaining to actual events. Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no Indo-European root to trace this word to.
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