أرض

See also: ارض

Arabic

Root
ء ر ض (ʔ-r-ḍ)

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔardˤ/
  • (file)

    Noun

    أَرْض (ʔarḍ) f (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
    Synonyms
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • Gulf Arabic: ارض (arḏ̣)
    • Maltese: art
    • Afar: árdi
    • Somali: arli
    • Swahili: ardhi
    • Zazaki: erd
    • Northern Kurdish: erd
    • Ottoman Turkish: ارض
    • Persian: ارض

    See also

    Verb

    أَرَّضَ (ʔarraḍa) II, non-past يُؤَرِّضُ‎ (yuʔarriḍu)

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

    Verb

    أَرْضَ (ʔarḍa) (form I)

    1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of رَضِيَ (raḍiya)

    Verb

    أُرْضَ (ʔurḍa) (form I)

    1. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of رَضِيَ (raḍiya)

    Verb

    أُرْضِ (ʔurḍi) (form IV)

    1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of أَرْضَى (ʔarḍā)

    Verb

    أُرْضَ (ʔurḍa) (form IV)

    1. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of أَرْضَى (ʔarḍā)

    Verb

    أَرْضِ (ʔarḍi) (form IV)

    1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of أَرْضَى (ʔarḍā)

    South Levantine Arabic

    أرض فلسطين مبيّنة من رام اللهland of Palestine visible from Ramallah

    Etymology

    From Arabic أَرْض (ʔarḍ).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʔardˤ/, [ʔɑrˤdˤ]
    • (file)

    Noun

    أرض (ʔarḍ) f (plural أراضي (ʔarāḍi))

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