صحراء

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Arabic

Root
ص ح ر (ṣ-ḥ-r)
صَحْرَاء
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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤaħ.raːʔ/
  • Audio; “الصَحْرَاء” (“aṣ-ṣaḥrāʔ”):(file)

Noun

صَحْرَاء • (ṣaḥrāʔ) f (dual صَحْرَاوَان (ṣaḥrāwān), plural صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā) or صَحْرَاوَات (ṣaḥrāwāt) or صَحَارٍ (ṣaḥārin))

  1. desert
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:صحراء
    الْصَّحْرَاءُ تَمْتُدُ عَلَى مَسَاحَاتٍ وَاسِعَةٍ وَتَتَمِيُزُ بِتَوَاجُدِ الرِّمَالِ وَالْأَرْضِ الْجَافَةِ.
    al-ṣṣaḥrāʔu tamtudu ʕalā masāḥātin wāsiʕatin watatamiyuzu bitawājudi r-rimāli wālʔarḍi l-jāfati.
    The desert extends over vast areas and is characterized by the presence of sand and dry land.

Declension

Declension of noun صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ)
Singular basic singular diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal صَحْرَاء
ṣaḥrāʔ 		الصَّحْرَاء
aṣ-ṣaḥrāʔ 		صَحْرَاء
ṣaḥrāʔ
Nominative صَحْرَاءُ
ṣaḥrāʔu 		الصَّحْرَاءُ
aṣ-ṣaḥrāʔu 		صَحْرَاءُ
ṣaḥrāʔu
Accusative صَحْرَاءَ
ṣaḥrāʔa 		الصَّحْرَاءَ
aṣ-ṣaḥrāʔa 		صَحْرَاءَ
ṣaḥrāʔa
Genitive صَحْرَاءَ
ṣaḥrāʔa 		الصَّحْرَاءِ
aṣ-ṣaḥrāʔi 		صَحْرَاءِ
ṣaḥrāʔi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal صَحْرَاوَيْن
ṣaḥrāwayn 		الصَّحْرَاوَيْن
aṣ-ṣaḥrāwayn 		صَحْرَاوَيْ
ṣaḥrāway
Nominative صَحْرَاوَانِ
ṣaḥrāwāni 		الصَّحْرَاوَانِ
aṣ-ṣaḥrāwāni 		صَحْرَاوَا
ṣaḥrāwā
Accusative صَحْرَاوَيْنِ
ṣaḥrāwayni 		الصَّحْرَاوَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣaḥrāwayni 		صَحْرَاوَيْ
ṣaḥrāway
Genitive صَحْرَاوَيْنِ
ṣaḥrāwayni 		الصَّحْرَاوَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣaḥrāwayni 		صَحْرَاوَيْ
ṣaḥrāway
Plural broken plural invariable‎; sound feminine plural‎; broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal صَحَارَى‎; صَحْرَاوَات‎; صَحَارِي
ṣaḥārā‎; ṣaḥrāwāt‎; ṣaḥārī 		الصَّحَارَى‎; الصَّحْرَاوَات‎; الصَّحَارِي
aṣ-ṣaḥārā‎; aṣ-ṣaḥrāwāt‎; aṣ-ṣaḥārī 		صَحَارَى‎; صَحْرَاوَات‎; صَحَارِي
ṣaḥārā‎; ṣaḥrāwāt‎; ṣaḥārī
Nominative صَحَارَى‎; صَحْرَاوَاتٌ‎; صَحَارٍ
ṣaḥārā‎; ṣaḥrāwātun‎; ṣaḥārin 		الصَّحَارَى‎; الصَّحْرَاوَاتُ‎; الصَّحَارِي
aṣ-ṣaḥārā‎; aṣ-ṣaḥrāwātu‎; aṣ-ṣaḥārī 		صَحَارَى‎; صَحْرَاوَاتُ‎; صَحَارِي
ṣaḥārā‎; ṣaḥrāwātu‎; ṣaḥārī
Accusative صَحَارَى‎; صَحْرَاوَاتٍ‎; صَحَارِيَ
ṣaḥārā‎; ṣaḥrāwātin‎; ṣaḥāriya 		الصَّحَارَى‎; الصَّحْرَاوَاتِ‎; الصَّحَارِيَ
aṣ-ṣaḥārā‎; aṣ-ṣaḥrāwāti‎; aṣ-ṣaḥāriya 		صَحَارَى‎; صَحْرَاوَاتِ‎; صَحَارِيَ
ṣaḥārā‎; ṣaḥrāwāti‎; ṣaḥāriya
Genitive صَحَارَى‎; صَحْرَاوَاتٍ‎; صَحَارٍ
ṣaḥārā‎; ṣaḥrāwātin‎; ṣaḥārin 		الصَّحَارَى‎; الصَّحْرَاوَاتِ‎; الصَّحَارِي
aṣ-ṣaḥārā‎; aṣ-ṣaḥrāwāti‎; aṣ-ṣaḥārī 		صَحَارَى‎; صَحْرَاوَاتِ‎; صَحَارِي
ṣaḥārā‎; ṣaḥrāwāti‎; ṣaḥārī

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “صحر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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