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إِخْوَة
brothers /ˈʔix.wa/
nounB1#1529 most common
Also: siblings, brethren
Example sentences
عِنْدِي أَرْبَعَةُ إِخْوَة.
I have four brothers.
إِخْوَتُهَا يُحِبُّونَ كُرَةَ القَدَم.
Her brothers love football.
سَافَرَ إِخْوَتِي إِلَى الخَارِجِ لِلْعَمَل.
My brothers traveled abroad for work.
تَجْمَعُ الأُمُّ إِخْوَتَهَا فِي بَيْتِهَا كُلَّ عِيد.
The mother gathers her brothers at her house every holiday.
لَمْ يَتَّفِقِ الإِخْوَةُ عَلَى تَقْسِيمِ المِيرَاثِ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ الأَب.
The brothers did not agree on dividing the inheritance after the father's death.
رَغْمَ الخِلَافَاتِ، ظَلَّ الإِخْوَةُ مُتَمَاسِكِينَ فِي وَجْهِ المِحَن.
Despite the disputes, the brothers remained united in the face of hardship.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَخٌ | إِخْوَةٌ |
| Genitive | أَخٍ | إِخْوَةٍ |
| Accusative | أَخًا | إِخْوَةً |
| Vocative | يَا أَخُ | يَا إِخْوَةُ |
Word family
Etymology
إِخْوَة is a broken plural of أَخ, "brother," built on the Semitic root for sibling. The word descends from Proto-Semitic *ʾaḫ-, which gave related forms across the family. It names full or close brothers, in contrast to the wider sense of comrades.
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