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أَري
honey /ˈʔarj/
nounB1#1532 most common
Also: wild honey, bees' honey
Example sentences
الأَرْيُ حُلْوٌ.
Honey is sweet.
آكُلُ الأَرْيَ كُلَّ صَباحٍ.
I eat honey every morning.
يَصْنَعُ النَّحْلُ الأَرْيَ مِنَ الزُّهورِ.
Bees make honey from flowers.
يُقالُ إِنَّ الأَرْيَ دَواءٌ لِكَثيرٍ مِنَ الأَمراضِ.
It is said that honey is a remedy for many illnesses.
شَبَّهَ الشّاعِرُ عُذوبَةَ كَلامِها بِالأَرْيِ الخالِصِ.
The poet likened the sweetness of her speech to pure honey.
الأَرْيُ لَفْظٌ فَصيحٌ قَديمٌ نادِرُ الاسْتِعمالِ يَدُلُّ عَلى عَسَلِ النَّحْلِ.
"Ary" is an old, eloquent, rarely used word denoting the honey of bees.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَرْيٌ | |
| Genitive | أَرْيٍ | |
| Accusative | أَرْياً | |
| Vocative | يا أَرْيُ |
Word family
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic triliteral root hamza-ra-ya, tied to the bee gathering and making honey. It is a classical and poetic term for honey. In everyday Arabic the common word is عسل, while أري survives mainly in old texts and verse.
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