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صورة

صورة

Arabic

Noun

صُورَة (ṣūra) f (plural صُوَر (ṣuwar) or صُور (ṣūr) or صِوَر (ṣiwar))

  1. form, shape, figure, image, picture
  2. photograph
  3. appearance
  4. species
  5. manner
  6. character
  7. face

Declension

Usage notes

بِ (bi) may be used with شَكْل (šakl), صُورَة (ṣūra) or طَرِيقَة (ṭarīqa) modified by an adjective to create an adverbial expression approximating the meaning of the modifying adjective.

  • َبِصُورَة عَامَةbiṣūra ʿāmagenerally
  • بِصُورَة غَرِيبَةbiṣūra ḡarībastrangely, unusually

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • صُورَةً (ṣūratan, formally)
  • صُورَة شَمْسِيَّة (ṣūra šamsiyya, photograph)
  • بِصُورَة رَسْمِيَّة (bi-ṣūra rasmiyya, officially)
  • بِصُورَة غَيْر رَسْمِيَّة (bi-ṣūra ḡayr rasmiyya, unofficially)
  • بِسُورَة عَامَّة (bi-sūra ʿāmma, generally)
  • بِصُورَة خَاصَّة (bi-ṣūra ḵāṣṣa, especially)
  • بِصُورَة أَوْضَح (bi-ṣūra ʾawḍaḥ, more clearly)

Descendants

  • Bashkir: һүрәт (hürät)
  • Nogai: суьврет (süvret).

References


Egyptian Arabic

Noun

صُورَة (ṣūra) f

  1. photograph