Today, we are going to go on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary to discover some of its secrets. We will look up the root verb طبع and explore some of its derivatives.
* طـَبـَعَ [V. T.] = to print or copy something .
Ex. – طـَـبَـعَ محمدٌ الكتابَ = Mohamed printed / copied the book.
* طـَبْـعَـة [N.C.] = a single example, issue, or copy of a magazine, book, newspaper, etc.
Ex. – نشَر العقادُ الطبعة الأولى من كتابه
= El-Aqqaad has published the first copy of his book.
* طِـبـَاعـَة [N. U.] : 1) making a copy of (printing) something / the copying ( printing ) process.
Ex. – أصبحت طباعة الكتب عملية سهلة باستخدام الآلات الحديثة
= Printing books has become an easy process using modern machines.
2) the career, act or art of printing / the work that a printer does.
Ex. – يعمل أبي بمهنة الطباعة= My father does a printing business.
* طـّبـَّاعَة / طـَابـِعـَة [N. C] = printing press / the machine that prints books, newspapers, etc.
Ex. – تـُستخدَم الطبّاعة / الطابعةُ في طِـباعَة الكتب
= The printing press (printer) is used for printing books.
* مَطبَعة [N. C.] = printing house / the place where books are printed; Pl.مَـطــابــِـع
Ex. – يملك زوجي مَطبعة بالإسكندرية
= My husband has a printing house in Alex.
* مَطبوع [N. C. / Adj.] = something printed / printed; Pl. مطبوعات
* انطبعَ [V.I.] = to become a printed copy.
* انطِـباع [N. C.] = impression / the image or feeling a person gives to someone; Pl. انطباعات
Ex. – الانطباعات الأولى تدوم للأبد .
= First impressions last forever.
* تـَطـبـَّـعَ بــِ [Ph. V.] = to acquire a behavior that becomes a quality or a habit.
* طـَبَّـعَ … على [Ph. V. ] = to help or cause someone to acquire a behavior.
* طـَبـْـع / طابَع [N. C.] = habit, customary behavior that is done regularly by a person. Pl.طـِـبـَاع
Ex. – محمد له طباع جميلة = Mohammad has good habits / qualities.
* طـَابَع بَـريد [N. C.] = a postage stamp. Pl. طوابع
Ex. –يجب أن تضع طابع بريد على خطابك
= You should put a postage stamp on your letter.
* الطـَـبـيـعـَة [N.] = 1- the nature ( the character ) of a person. Pl. طبائع
Ex. – تـُؤثر طبيعة الإنسان على تصرفاته
= The nature of a person affects his actions.
= 2- everything that exists in the world independently of human beings, such as earth, rocks, weather.
* عِلمُ الطبيعة [N.] = natural science / biology, chemistry and physics.
Ex. – يدرسُ الطلابُ علمَ الطبيعة بالجامعة
= Students study natural science at the university.
* طبيعيّ [adj.] = unaffected, not looking or being deferent from usual / normal / natural.
– (Note: N.=Noun /C.= Countable / U.= Uncountable / V.= Verb / Ph. V. = Phrasal Verb / Adj.= Adjective / Adv.= Adverb / Prep.=Preposition / Pl.= Plural)
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