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وَرَقِيّ
paper (adjective, as in made of paper or print, not digital) /wa.ra.ˈqijː/
adjectiveB2#3443 most common
Also: made of paper, print (as opposed to electronic), papery
Example sentences
هذا كِتابٌ وَرَقِيٌّ.
This is a paper book.
أُفَضِّلُ الكُتُبَ الوَرَقِيَّةَ عَلَى الكُتُبِ الإلِكْتْرونِيَّةِ.
I prefer paper books to electronic books.
اشْتَرَيْتُ نُسْخَةً وَرَقِيَّةً مِنَ الجَريدَةِ هذا الصَّباحَ.
I bought a paper copy of the newspaper this morning.
تَقِلُّ المَجَلّاتُ الوَرَقِيَّةُ يَوْمًا بَعْدَ يَوْمٍ بِسَبَبِ انْتِشارِ الإنْتِرْنِت.
Paper magazines decline day by day because of the spread of the internet.
يَرى بَعضُ الكُتّابِ أنَّ لِلنُّسْخَةِ الوَرَقِيَّةِ مِنَ الكِتابِ رائِحَةً وَمَلْمَسًا لا تُضاهيهِما الشاشَةُ.
Some writers think the paper copy of a book has a smell and feel that the screen cannot match.
رَغْمَ التَّحَوُّلِ الرَّقَمِيِّ، ما زالَتِ الوِزاراتُ تَشْتَرِطُ تَقْديمَ المُسْتَنَداتِ الوَرَقِيَّةِ الأصْلِيَّةِ لِإِتْمامِ المُعامَلاتِ الرَّسْمِيَّةِ.
Despite the digital shift, ministries still require the submission of original paper documents to complete official transactions.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | وَرَقِيٌّ | وَرَقِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | وَرَقِيٍّ | وَرَقِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | وَرَقِيًّا | وَرَقِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | يا وَرَقِيُّ | يا وَرَقِيُّونَ |
Word family
وَرَق (waraq)paper, leaves (collective)
وَرَقة (waraqah)a sheet of paper, a single leaf
أَوْراق (awraq)papers, documents, leaves (plural)
وَرَّاق (warraq)bookseller, copyist, stationer
وَرَقِيَّة (waraqiyyah)paper-based nature or format (used in modern contexts like paper currency)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root w-r-q, which gives the Arabic noun waraq, meaning paper or leaves collectively, and waraqah, meaning a single sheet or leaf. Adding the nisba suffix -iyy turns the noun into a relative adjective, so waraqiyy means of paper or paper-type. The same root underlies old terms for booksellers and copyists, since paper was their trade.
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