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أُخْت
sister /ˈʔuxt/
nounA1#430 most common
Also: fellow woman (polite address), female counterpart
Example sentences
هَذِهِ أُخْتِي.
This is my sister.
أُخْتِي تَدْرُسُ فِي الْجَامِعَةِ.
My sister studies at the university.
لِي أُخْتٌ كَبِيرَةٌ وَأُخْتٌ صَغِيرَةٌ.
I have an older sister and a younger sister.
تَعْمَلُ أُخْتِي طَبِيبَةً فِي مُسْتَشْفًى كَبِيرٍ.
My sister works as a doctor in a big hospital.
لَمْ أَرَ أُخْتِي مُنْذُ سَنَوَاتٍ لِأَنَّهَا تَعِيشُ فِي الْخَارِجِ.
I have not seen my sister for years because she lives abroad.
تَرْبِطُنِي بِأُخْتِي عَلَاقَةٌ وَطِيدَةٌ رَغْمَ الْبُعْدِ وَاخْتِلَافِ الطِّبَاعِ.
A close bond ties me to my sister despite the distance and our differing temperaments.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أُخْتٌ | أَخَوَاتٌ |
| Genitive | أُخْتٍ | أَخَوَاتٍ |
| Accusative | أُخْتاً | أَخَوَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا أُخْتُ | يَا أَخَوَاتُ |
Word family
Etymology
أُخْت is the feminine counterpart of أَخ, 'brother.' Both descend from a common Semitic root for siblings. The feminine is marked by a final -t, while the root's weak waw drops out, giving the clipped one-syllable form. The same root yielded words for 'sister' across the Semitic family.
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