استراحة

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Arabic

Root
ر و ح (r w ḥ)
23 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِسْتَرَاحَ (istarāḥa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /is.ti.raː.ħa/
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Noun

اِسْتِرَاحَة (istirāḥaf (plural اِسْتِرَاحَات (istirāḥāt))

  1. verbal noun of اِسْتَرَاحَ (istarāḥa) (form X)
  2. reposing, resting
  3. tranquility
  4. pausing
  5. rest
  6. pause
  7. (uncommon) smelling

Declension

Descendants

References

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ر و ح
16 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic اِسْتِرَاحَة (istirāḥa). Equivalent to the verbal noun of استراح (istarāḥ, to rest).

Pronunciation

Noun

استراحة (istirāḥaf

  1. rest, break, intermission
    لمّا بدرس للامتحانات، بالعادة باخد استراحة واحدة بس لمدة نصّ ساعة.
    lamma badros lil-imtiḥānāt bil-ʕāda bāḵod istirāḥa wāḥde bas la-moddet nuṣṣ sāʕa
    When I study for exams, I usually just take one half-hour break.