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أَرْضِيَّة
floor /ʔarˈdˤij.ja/
nounB1#2018 most common
Also: flooring, background (base or backdrop), basis, common ground
Example sentences
الأَرْضِيَّة بارِدة.
The floor is cold.
نَظَّفْتُ الأَرْضِيَّة في المَطبَخ.
I cleaned the floor in the kitchen.
سَقَطَ الكوبُ على الأَرْضِيَّة وانكَسَر.
The cup fell on the floor and broke.
اختَرْنا أَرْضِيَّة خَشَبِيَّة لِغُرفة الجُلوس.
We chose a wooden floor for the living room.
صُمِّمَ الشِّعار على أَرْضِيَّة زَرقاء داكِنة.
The logo was designed on a dark blue background.
وَفَّرَت الدِّراسة أَرْضِيَّة نَظَرِيَّة صُلبة لِلبحث اللاحِق.
The study provided a solid theoretical basis for later research.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَرْضِيَّةٌ | أَرْضِيَّاتٌ |
| Genitive | أَرْضِيَّةٍ | أَرْضِيَّاتٍ |
| Accusative | أَرْضِيَّةً | أَرْضِيَّاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا أَرْضِيَّةُ | يا أَرْضِيَّاتُ |
Word family
أَرْضearth, land, groundأَرْضِيّterrestrial, earthly, ground-
أَرَاضٍlands, territories (plural of أرض)
تَأْرِيضgrounding, earthing (electrical)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root أ-ر-ض meaning earth, land, or ground. Arabic adds the nisba suffix ـِيّ to form the adjective أَرْضِيّ, earthly or ground-related. The feminine ending ـة then turns it into a noun, giving the sense of the ground surface of a room, that is, the floor.
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