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أرض

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See also: ارض

Arabic

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Root
ء ر ض (ʔ r ḍ)
2 terms

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-. Compare Hebrew אֶרֶץ (érets), Aramaic אַרְעָא (ʾarʿā) / Aramaic ܐܪܥܐ (ʔarʕā). False cognate of Dutch aarde.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔardˤ/
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Noun

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أَرْض (ʔarḍf (plural أَرَاضٍ (ʔarāḍin) or أَرَضُون (ʔaraḍūn))

  1. land, earth
  2. Earth, earth
  3. country, land
  4. ground, bottom, lowest surface
  5. agricultural ground specifically, cropland
    • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 22:69:
      مَنِ ٱقْتَنَى كَلْبًا لَيْسَ بِكَلْبِ صَيْدٍ وَلَا مَاشِيَةٍ وَلَا أَرْضٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَنْقُصُ مِنْ أَجْرِهِ قِيرَاطَانِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.
      mani qtanā kalban laysa bikalbi ṣaydin walā māšiyatin walā ʔarḍin faʔinnahū yanquṣu min ʔajrihī qīrāṭāni kulla yawmin.
      He who keeps a dog, save for a dog to hunt or to herd or one of the field – his reward is reduced by two qirat every day.
Declension
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Gulf Arabic: ارض (arḏ̣)
  • Maltese: art
  • Afar: árdi
  • Somali: arli
  • Swahili: ardhi
  • Zazaki: erd
  • Northern Kurdish: erd
  • Ottoman Turkish: ارض
  • Persian: ارض

See also

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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أَرَّضَ (ʔarraḍa) II (non-past يُؤَرِّضُ (yuʔarriḍu), verbal noun تَأْرِيض (taʔrīḍ))

  1. (electricity) to earth, to ground
  2. to terraform
Conjugation
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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أرض (form I)

  1. أَرْضَ (ʔarḍa) /ʔar.dˤa/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of رَضِيَ (raḍiya)
  2. أُرْضَ (ʔurḍa) /ʔur.dˤa/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of رَضِيَ (raḍiya)

Etymology 4

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Verb

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أرض (form IV)

  1. أُرْضِ (ʔurḍi) /ʔur.dˤi/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of أَرْضَى (ʔarḍā)
  2. أُرْضَ (ʔurḍa) /ʔur.dˤa/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of أَرْضَى (ʔarḍā)
  3. أَرْضِ (ʔarḍi) /ʔar.dˤi/: second-person masculine singular imperative of أَرْضَى (ʔarḍā)

South Levantine Arabic

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أرض فلسطين مبيّنة من رام اللهland of Palestine visible from Ramallah

Etymology

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From Arabic أَرْض (ʔarḍ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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أرض (ʔarḍf (plural أراضي (ʔarāḍi))

  1. land, terrain
  2. ground, floor
    لقيت ميّتين دينار عالأرض.
    laʔēt miyytēn dīnār ʕal-ʔarḍ
    I found two hundred dinars on the ground.
  3. Earth