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أَرِيكَة
sofa /ʔaˈriː.ka/
nounB1#1662 most common
Also: couch, settee, divan
Example sentences
هَذِهِ أَرِيكَة.
This is a sofa.
الأَرِيكَة كَبِيرَة.
The sofa is big.
أَجْلِسُ عَلَى الأَرِيكَة.
I sit on the sofa.
اِشْتَرَيْنَا أَرِيكَة جَدِيدَة لِغُرْفَةِ الجُلُوس.
We bought a new sofa for the living room.
نَامَ الطِّفْلُ عَلَى الأَرِيكَة بَعْدَ يَوْمٍ طَوِيل.
The child slept on the sofa after a long day.
كَانَتِ الأَرَائِكُ الجِلْدِيَّةُ مُرَتَّبَةً حَوْلَ الطَّاوِلَةِ المُنْخَفِضَة فِي رَدْهَةِ الفُنْدُق.
The leather sofas were arranged around the low table in the hotel lobby.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَرِيكَةٌ | أَرَائِكُ |
| Genitive | أَرِيكَةٍ | أَرَائِكَ |
| Accusative | أَرِيكَةً | أَرَائِكَ |
| Vocative | يَا أَرِيكَةُ | يَا أَرَائِكُ |
Word family
أَرَائِكsofas, couches (plural)
كَنَبَةcouch (colloquial synonym)
مَقْعَدseatدِيوَانdivan, long low couch
Etymology
The word derives from the Arabic root meaning to recline or stay in one place. In the Quran it names the couches on which the blessed recline in paradise. Modern usage extended it to the ordinary household sofa.
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