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بَرْق
lightning /barq/
nounB2#3253 most common
Also: a flash of lightning, flash, gleam
Example sentences
رَأَيْتُ بَرْقًا فِي السَّمَاءِ.
I saw lightning in the sky.
البَرْقُ يُضِيءُ السَّمَاءَ لَيْلًا.
Lightning lights up the sky at night.
سَمِعْنَا الرَّعْدَ بَعْدَ أَنْ رَأَيْنَا البَرْقَ.
We heard the thunder after we saw the lightning.
يَظْهَرُ البَرْقُ عَادَةً قَبْلَ الرَّعْدِ بِلَحَظَاتٍ.
Lightning usually appears moments before thunder.
كَانَ بَرْقُ العَاصِفَةِ يُنِيرُ الأُفُقَ كُلَّ بِضْعِ ثَوَانٍ.
The storm's lightning lit up the horizon every few seconds.
لَمَعَ بَرْقٌ خَاطِفٌ فِي الأُفُقِ الدَّاكِنِ، مُنْذِرًا بِعَاصِفَةٍ وَشِيكَةٍ.
A fleeting flash of lightning gleamed on the dark horizon, warning of an imminent storm.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بَرْقٌ | بُرُوقٌ |
| Genitive | بَرْقٍ | بُرُوقٍ |
| Accusative | بَرْقًا | بُرُوقًا |
| Vocative | يَا بَرْقُ | يَا بُرُوقُ |
Word family
بَرَقَto flash, shine
بارِقa flash, gleaming
بَرِيقsparkle, shine
بَرَّاقshining, glittering
Etymology
بَرْق comes from the triliteral Semitic root b-r-q, which carries the sense of flashing or gleaming. The root is old and widespread across Semitic languages, always tied to light that appears suddenly. Arabic uses it for the noun lightning and for a family of related verbs and adjectives about brightness.
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