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أَحْمَر
red (the color); a red one /ˈʔaħmar/
nounA1#657 most common
Also: the red one, red (the color)
Example sentences
هَذَا قَلَمٌ أَحْمَر.
This is a red pen.
لَوْنِي الْمُفَضَّلُ هُوَ الْأَحْمَر.
My favorite color is red.
اشْتَرَيْتُ قَمِيصًا أَحْمَرَ مِنَ السُّوقِ.
I bought a red shirt from the market.
تَوَقَّفَتِ السَّيَّارَاتُ عِنْدَ الضَّوْءِ الْأَحْمَرِ.
The cars stopped at the red light.
يُعَدُّ الْبَحْرُ الْأَحْمَرُ مِنْ أَشْهَرِ الْبِحَارِ فِي الْعَالَمِ.
The Red Sea is among the most famous seas in the world.
كَانَ وَجْهُهُ أَحْمَرَ مِنَ الْغَضَبِ عِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ الْخَبَرَ الصَّادِمَ.
His face was red with anger when he heard the shocking news.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَحْمَرُ (ʾaḥmaru) | حُمْرٌ (ḥumrun) |
| Genitive | أَحْمَرَ (ʾaḥmara) — diptote, no tanwīn | حُمْرٍ (ḥumrin) |
| Accusative | أَحْمَرَ (ʾaḥmara) | حُمْرًا (ḥumran) |
| Vocative | يَا أَحْمَرُ (yā ʾaḥmaru) | يَا حُمْرُ (yā ḥumru) |
Word family
حَمْرَاء (ḥamrāʾ)red (feminine)
حُمْرَة (ḥumra)redness, a blush
اِحْمَرَّ (iḥmarra)to redden, to blush
حُمْر (ḥumr)reds (plural)
Etymology
From the Semitic root ḥ-m-r, which carries the idea of redness. The word follows the Arabic afʿal pattern used for colors and bodily traits, giving the feminine ḥamrāʾ and the plural ḥumr. The same root yields ḥumra, 'redness,' and across Semitic it underlies words for wine, named for its color.
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