معرض
Arabic
Etymology
Noun of place from the verb عَرَضَ (ʿaraḍa), from the root ع ر ض (ʿ-r-ḍ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maʕ.ridˤ/
Noun
مَعْرِض • (maʿriḍ) m (plural مَعَارِض (maʿāriḍ))
- place where something appears or is shown
- showroom, stage
- exhibition, exposition
- (commerce) fair
- event, occurrence
- opportunity
- cause, motive
- slave market
- pasturage for cattle
- gallery
Declension
Declension of noun مَعْرِض (maʿriḍ)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | مَعْرِض maʿriḍ | الْمَعْرِض al-maʿriḍ | مَعْرِض maʿriḍ |
Nominative | مَعْرِضٌ maʿriḍun | الْمَعْرِضُ al-maʿriḍu | مَعْرِضُ maʿriḍu |
Accusative | مَعْرِضًا maʿriḍan | الْمَعْرِضَ al-maʿriḍa | مَعْرِضَ maʿriḍa |
Genitive | مَعْرِضٍ maʿriḍin | الْمَعْرِضِ al-maʿriḍi | مَعْرِضِ maʿriḍi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | مَعْرِضَيْن maʿriḍayn | الْمَعْرِضَيْن al-maʿriḍayn | مَعْرِضَيْ maʿriḍay |
Nominative | مَعْرِضَانِ maʿriḍāni | الْمَعْرِضَانِ al-maʿriḍāni | مَعْرِضَا maʿriḍā |
Accusative | مَعْرِضَيْنِ maʿriḍayni | الْمَعْرِضَيْنِ al-maʿriḍayni | مَعْرِضَيْ maʿriḍay |
Genitive | مَعْرِضَيْنِ maʿriḍayni | الْمَعْرِضَيْنِ al-maʿriḍayni | مَعْرِضَيْ maʿriḍay |
Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | مَعَارِض maʿāriḍ | الْمَعَارِض al-maʿāriḍ | مَعَارِض maʿāriḍ |
Nominative | مَعَارِضُ maʿāriḍu | الْمَعَارِضُ al-maʿāriḍu | مَعَارِضُ maʿāriḍu |
Accusative | مَعَارِضَ maʿāriḍa | الْمَعَارِضَ al-maʿāriḍa | مَعَارِضَ maʿāriḍa |
Genitive | مَعَارِضَ maʿāriḍa | الْمَعَارِضِ al-maʿāriḍi | مَعَارِضِ maʿāriḍi |
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “معرض”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “معرض”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “معرض”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN