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أَرْنَب

rabbit /ˈʔar.nab/

nounB1#2263 most common

Also: hare, bunny

Example sentences

الأَرْنَبُ صَغِيرٌ.
The rabbit is small.
أَكَلَ الأَرْنَبُ الجَزَرَ.
The rabbit ate the carrot.
يَعِيشُ الأَرْنَبُ فِي حُفْرَةٍ تَحْتَ الأَرْضِ.
The rabbit lives in a burrow under the ground.
رَأَيْتُ أَرَانِبَ بَيْضَاءَ تَقْفِزُ فِي الحَقْلِ.
I saw white rabbits jumping in the field.
يُضْرَبُ المَثَلُ بِسُرْعَةِ الأَرْنَبِ فِي الجَرْيِ.
The rabbit's speed in running is proverbial.
لَوْلا حَذَرُ الأَرْنَبِ الدَّائِمُ لَمَا نَجَا مِنْ مَخَالِبِ الثَّعْلَبِ.
Were it not for the rabbit's constant caution, it would not have escaped the fox's claws.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeأَرْنَبٌأَرَانِبُ
Genitiveأَرْنَبٍأَرَانِبَ
Accusativeأَرْنَباًأَرَانِبَ
Vocativeيَا أَرْنَبُيَا أَرَانِبُ

Word family

أَرْنَبَةdoe rabbit; also the tip of the nose
أَرَانِبrabbits (plural)
أُرَيْنِبlittle rabbit (diminutive)

Etymology

The Arabic أَرْنَب descends from a common Semitic word for the hare. Related forms survive in Hebrew and Akkadian. The word is an ancient primitive noun, not built from a triliteral verbal root.

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