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أَعْمَق

deeper /ˈʔaʕ.maq/

nounB2#3701 most common

Also: deepest, more profound, profoundest

Example sentences

هذا النهر أعمق من ذلك النهر.
This river is deeper than that river.
البحر أعمق من البركة.
The sea is deeper than the pool.
هذه هي أعمق نقطة في المحيط.
This is the deepest point in the ocean.
كلما حفرنا أكثر، أصبحت الحفرة أعمق.
The more we dug, the deeper the hole became.
تحتاج هذه العلاقة إلى فهم أعمق للثقافة المحلية.
This relationship needs a deeper understanding of the local culture.
يسعى الفيلسوف إلى إدراك أعمق لمعنى الوجود يتجاوز التفسيرات السطحية.
The philosopher seeks a deeper grasp of the meaning of existence that goes beyond superficial explanations.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeأَعْمَقُأَعَامِقُ
Genitiveأَعْمَقَأَعَامِقَ
Accusativeأَعْمَقَأَعَامِقَ
Vocativeيَا أَعْمَقُيَا أَعَامِقُ

Word family

عميقdeep
عُمقdepth
أعماقdepths
يُعمِّقto deepen
تعميقdeepening

Etymology

أَعْمَق is the elative form of the adjective عَمِيق, meaning deep. Both words come from the Semitic root ع-م-ق, which centers on the idea of depth. The elative pattern أَفْعَل turns a plain quality into a comparative or superlative one, so عميق becomes أعمق, deeper or deepest.

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