How to say "semester, school term" in Arabic
New wordMeaningsemester, school term
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
فَصْل دِرَاسِيّ
faṣl dirāsīפצל דראסי
فصل دراسي
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מחצית
makhatsitمَاخَاتْسِيت
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Arabic root
ف-ص-لFaṣl is a 'section' of time — also 'season' and 'chapter' (and, in Egypt, 'classroom'). Israeli schools split the year into two halves, so the Hebrew is מחצית, 'half'.
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In a phrase
الْفَصْل الدِّرَاسِيّ الْأَوَّل
al-faṣl ad-dirāsī al-awwalאל-פצל א-דראסי אל-אולthe first semester
Plural
فُصُول دِرَاسِيَّة
fuṣūl dirāsiyyaפצול דראסיהbroken plural fuʿūl; the adjective takes feminine singular agreement.
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