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quote in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- iqtibās
- Arabizi
iqtibas- Type
- noun · masculine
- Plural
- اِقْتِبَاسَات iqtibāsāt
- Root
- ق ب س
How to use it
"Quote" is used as a noun meaning a short excerpt from speech or text. In Arabic the common word is اِقْتِبَاس. It is masculine, and its plural is اِقْتِبَاسَات. Use it when you refer to a cited passage.
Example sentences
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اِقْتِبَاسٌ مِمَّا قَرَأْتُهُ يُفِيدُكَ.
iqtibāsun mimma qara'tuhu yufīduka.
A quotation from what I read will help you.
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هَلْ سَمِعْتَ اِقْتِبَاسَ هَذَا الشَّاعِرِ؟
hal samiʿta iqtibāsa hādhā ash-shāʿiri?
Did you hear the poet's quote?
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اِقْتِبَاسُهُ كَانَ مَجْهُولًا فِي المَقَالِ.
iqtibāsu-hu kāna majhūlan fī al-maqāli.
His quote was unknown in the article.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
It's a quote from a book.
إنهُ إقتباس من كتاب.
It's a quote from the book.
إنهُ أقتباس من الكتاب.
So, I'm not going to quote myself on this.
لذلك، لا اريد أن أقتبس من نفسي في هذا الشأن.
It's sort of an excerpt from a quote of hers.
وهي مقتطفة من اقتباس عنها.
In his blog, Jorge Sayegh reproduced this quote:
وأعاد خورخي سايغ نشر هذا الاقتباس على مدونته:
A truly collective security. The report says, and I quote:
ويوضح التقرير الذي أقتبس منه مايلي:
Greenpeace was thrilled. The whales were happy. That's a quote.
شعرت السلام الأخضر بسعادة غامرة. كانت الحيتان سعيدة. هذا إقتباس.
And I quote, "As my muscles weakened, my writing became stronger.
وانا اقتبس قولاً " ان عضلاتي تضمر و كتاباتي تزدهر
Zappy reminds us of Blackwater's mission statement which is, I quote:
زابي يذكرنا ببيان مهمّة بلاكووتر, أقتبس:
Lastly, to give his comments legitimacy, he included a quote, which reads:
و أخيرا، أضاف مخلص الشاهد التالي لدعم رأيه:
And I'll quote three people: Vannevar Bush, Doug Engelbart and Tim Berners-Lee.
وسوف اقتبس عن ثلاثة أشخاص: "فانيفار بوش" و "دوغ إنغيلبارت" و "تيم بيرنرز-لي"
But I'd just like to quote, finish at the end with a reference to a British author, an Oxford author whom I don't quote very often, C.S. Lewis.
لكني أريد أن أقتبس، في الختام إستناداً على كاتب إنجليزي، مؤلف من أوكسفورد الذي لا أقتبس منه كثيراً، سي أس لويس.
Questions and answers
Can "quote" be used as a verb in Arabic?
Yes, the verb is يقتبس (yaqtibus) meaning “to quote.”
Is there a short form for "quote"?
People sometimes say "اقتباس" alone, but there is no common abbreviation.
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