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أَزْرَق
blue /ˈʔaz.raq/
adjectiveA2#1091 most common
Also: azure, blue-eyed
Example sentences
البَحْرُ أَزْرَقُ.
The sea is blue.
أُحِبُّ اللَّوْنَ الأَزْرَقَ.
I like the color blue.
اِشْتَرَيْتُ قَمِيصاً أَزْرَقَ جَدِيداً.
I bought a new blue shirt.
كَانَ الْبَحْرُ أَزْرَقَ دَاكِناً تَحْتَ سَمَاءِ الْغُرُوبِ.
The sea was dark blue beneath the sunset sky.
يُعَدُّ اللَّوْنُ الأَزْرَقُ رَمْزاً لِلْهُدُوءِ فِي كَثِيرٍ مِنَ الثَّقَافَاتِ.
The color blue is considered a symbol of calm in many cultures.
أَطْلَقَ النُّقَّادُ عَلَى مَرْحَلَتِهِ الفَنِّيَّةِ اسْمَ «الطَّوْرِ الأَزْرَقِ» لِغَلَبَةِ هَذَا اللَّوْنِ عَلَى لَوْحَاتِهِ.
Critics gave his artistic stage the name 'the Blue Period' because this color dominated his paintings.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَزْرَقُ | زُرْقٌ |
| Genitive | أَزْرَقَ | زُرْقٍ |
| Accusative | أَزْرَقَ | زُرْقاً |
| Vocative | يَا أَزْرَقُ | يَا زُرْقُ |
Word family
زُرْقَةblueness, the quality of being blue
زَرْقَاءblue (feminine)
زُرْقblue (plural)
اِزْرَقَّto turn blue
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic triliteral root z-r-q, which carries the sense of blueness. The related verb زَرِقَ means to take on a blue or azure tint. The same root yields زُرْقَة, the noun for blueness, and the feminine form زَرْقَاء. The shape follows the أَفْعَل pattern that Arabic uses for colors and physical traits.
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