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نَظَرِيّ

theoretical

AdjectiveRoot ن-ظ-ر

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Masculine plural
نَظَرِيُّون
Feminine plural
نَظَرِيَّات

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form I
to look
Verb · Form VIII
to await
Noun
a look
Noun
spectacles
Noun
sight

نَظَرِيّ in English

Adjective

  1. theoretical
  2. visual
  3. optical

Word origin

Etymology tree Arabic نَظَر (naẓar) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic نظري From نَظَر (naẓar, “theory, vision”) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

Words from the root ن-ظ-ر

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

نَظَرَ · present يَنْظُرُ

to look, to gaze, to glance; to see, to view, to eye, to regard; to watch, to observe, to notice

Verbal noun
sight
نَظَر
Verbal noun
مَنْظَرَة
Verbal noun
scene
نَاظِر
Active participle
observer
نَاظِر
Active participle
eye
مَنْظُور
Passive participle · Adjective
passive participle of نَظَرَ
مَنْظُور
Passive participle
viewpoint
مِنْظَار
Derived noun
magnifying glass
مِنْظَر
Derived noun
pair of eyeglasses
نَاظَرَ · present يُنَاظِرُ

to debate; to equal, to correspond to

مُنَاظَرَة
Verbal noun
debate
مُنَاظِر
Active participle
مُنَاظَر
Passive participle
تَنَاظَرَ · present يَتَنَاظَرُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to debate (with each other), to have a debate; to be opposite each other (houses); to look at each other

تَنَاظُر
Verbal noun
looking at each other
مُتَنَاظِر
Active participle · Adjective
agreeing
مُتَنَاظَر
Passive participle
اِنْتَظَرَ · present يَنْتَظِرُ

to wait for (delay until some event), to await

waiting
مُنْتَظِر
Active participle
مُنْتَظَر
Passive participle
اِسْتَنْظَرَ · present يَسْتَنْظِرُ

to anticipate, to look forward to; to ask or seek to look, supervise or monitor; to ask [+direct object] to supervise to monitor

اِسْتِنْظَار
Verbal noun
مُسْتَنْظِر
Active participle
مُسْتَنْظَر
Passive participle
Adjective
theoretical
Noun · f.
a look
Noun · f.
spectacles
Noun · f.
theory
نَظِير
Adjective
similar
نِظَارَة
Noun · f.
supervision
نَظَّارَة
Noun · m.
viewers
مِنْظَرَة
Noun · f.
mirror

نَظَرِيّ: plural and other forms

Singularنَظَرِيّ
Feminineنَظَرِيَّة
Masculine pluralنَظَرِيُّون
Feminine pluralنَظَرِيَّات

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