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أَخْضَر
green /ˈʔax.dˤar/
adjectiveA2#1331 most common
Also: verdant, lush, flourishing, unripe (of fruit)
Example sentences
الْعُشْبُ أَخْضَرُ.
The grass is green.
اِشْتَرَيْتُ قَمِيصًا أَخْضَرَ.
I bought a green shirt.
الضَّوْءُ الْأَخْضَرُ يَعْنِي أَنَّ الطَّرِيقَ آمِنَةٌ.
The green light means the road is safe.
تَمْتَدُّ الْحُقُولُ الْخَضْرَاءُ عَلَى ضِفَّتَيِ النَّهْرِ.
The green fields stretch along both banks of the river.
مَا زَالَ هَذَا الْمَوْزُ أَخْضَرَ، فَلَنْ نَأْكُلَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنْضَجَ.
This banana is still green, so we will not eat it before it ripens.
يُوصَفُ ذَلِكَ الْعَهْدُ الْمُزْدَهِرُ بِأَنَّهُ كَانَ زَمَنًا أَخْضَرَ تَنْعَمُ فِيهِ الْبِلَادُ بِالْخَيْرِ.
That prosperous era is described as having been a green time, in which the land enjoyed good fortune.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَخْضَرُ | خُضْرٌ |
| Genitive | أَخْضَرَ | خُضْرٍ |
| Accusative | أَخْضَرَ | خُضْرًا |
| Vocative | يَا أَخْضَرُ | يَا خُضْرُ |
Word family
خَضْرَاءgreen (feminine)
خُضْرَةgreenness, green color
اِخْضَرَّto turn green, become green
خُضْرَوَاتvegetables, greens
خُضْرgreen ones (plural)
Etymology
أَخْضَر comes from the Semitic root خ-ض-ر, which carries the sense of greenness and growing vegetation. It follows the أَفْعَل pattern that Arabic uses for colors and physical traits. The root is old and productive, and it yields a large family of words for plants, vegetables, and freshness.
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