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بُحَيْرَة
lake /buˈħaj.ra/
nounB1#1852 most common
Also: lagoon, small body of water
Example sentences
البُحَيْرَة جميلة.
The lake is beautiful.
نذهب إلى البُحَيْرَة في الصيف.
We go to the lake in summer.
سبحنا في البُحَيْرَة بعد الظهر.
We swam in the lake in the afternoon.
تقع البُحَيْرَة بين جبلين عاليين.
The lake lies between two high mountains.
تُعتبر هذه البُحَيْرَة أعمق بُحَيْرَة في المنطقة.
This lake is considered the deepest lake in the region.
انعكست أشعة الشمس على صفحة البُحَيْرَة الساكنة عند الغروب.
The sun's rays reflected on the still surface of the lake at sunset.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بُحَيْرَةٌ | بُحَيْرَاتٌ |
| Genitive | بُحَيْرَةٍ | بُحَيْرَاتٍ |
| Accusative | بُحَيْرَةً | بُحَيْرَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا بُحَيْرَةُ | يا بُحَيْرَاتُ |
Word family
Etymology
بُحَيْرَة is the diminutive of بَحْر (baḥr), meaning sea. The diminutive pattern fuʿayla turns the large body of water into a smaller one, giving the sense of a lake. The root b-ḥ-r is common Semitic and appears across the family with water and sea meanings.
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