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بَقَر
cattle /ˈba.qar/
nounB1#1590 most common
Also: cows, oxen
Example sentences
البَقَر في الحقل.
The cattle are in the field.
نشرب حليب البَقَر.
We drink cow's milk.
يربّي جدّي البَقَر في القرية.
My grandfather raises cattle in the village.
يبيع المزارع لحم البَقَر في السوق كلّ يوم.
The farmer sells beef at the market every day.
ترعى قُطعان البَقَر في السهول الواسعة طوال فصل الصيف.
The herds of cattle graze in the wide plains throughout the summer.
تُعدّ تربية البَقَر ركيزة اقتصادية في كثير من المجتمعات الريفية منذ القِدَم.
Cattle raising has been an economic mainstay in many rural societies since antiquity.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بَقَرةٌ | بَقَرٌ |
| Genitive | بَقَرةٍ | بَقَرٍ |
| Accusative | بَقَرةً | بَقَرًا |
| Vocative | يا بَقَرةُ | يا بَقَرُ |
Word family
بَقَرةa cow
بَقَّارcowherd
بَقَريbovine, of cattle
لحم البَقَرbeef
Etymology
بَقَر is a Semitic word for cattle, attested across the family. The root b-q-r carries a sense of splitting or cleaving, which some link to the ox that splits the soil when plowing. The word is collective: a single animal is بَقَرة.
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