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أَسْوَد
black /ˈʔaswad/
nounA1#615 most common
Also: the black one, black color, black snake (classical)
Example sentences
لَوْنُهُ أَسْوَد.
Its color is black.
يَلْبَسُ الرَّجُلُ مِعْطَفًا أَسْوَدَ.
The man wears a black coat.
الْحِصَانُ الْأَسْوَدُ يَرْكُضُ بِسُرْعَةٍ فِي الْحَقْل.
The black horse runs fast in the field.
يَرْمُزُ اللَّوْنُ الْأَسْوَدُ إِلَى الْحُزْنِ فِي ثَقَافَاتٍ كَثِيرَة.
Black symbolizes grief in many cultures.
كَانَ الذَّهَبُ الْأَسْوَدُ، أَيِ النِّفْطُ، مَصْدَرَ ثَرْوَةٍ وَصِرَاعٍ فِي آنٍ وَاحِد.
Black gold, namely oil, was a source of both wealth and conflict at once.
لَا تَنْظُرْ إِلَى الْعَالَمِ بِمِنْظَارٍ أَسْوَدَ، فَفِي كُلِّ مِحْنَةٍ بَذْرَةُ أَمَل.
Do not see the world through a black lens, for in every ordeal lies a seed of hope.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَسْوَدُ | سُودٌ |
| Genitive | أَسْوَدَ | سُودٍ |
| Accusative | أَسْوَدَ | سُودًا |
| Vocative | يَا أَسْوَدُ | يَا سُودُ |
Word family
سَوْدَاءblack (feminine)
سُودblack ones (plural)
سَوَادblackness
اِسْوَدَّto turn black
سَوَّدَto blacken
Etymology
أَسْوَد derives from the Semitic root s-w-d, which conveys blackness. It follows the ʾafʿal pattern that Arabic uses for masculine color and bodily-defect adjectives, with feminine سَوْدَاء and plural سُود. The same root yields سَوَاد, meaning blackness or a dark mass.
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