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بُرُود
coldness /buˈruːd/
nounB2#4340 most common
Also: coolness, frigidity, aloofness
Example sentences
الجوُّ اليوم شديدُ البُرُود.
The weather today is very cold.
شعرتْ بُبرود يديه عندما صافحها.
She felt the coldness of his hands when he shook hers.
لاحظتْ بُرُودًا في تصرفاته معها.
She noticed a coldness in his behavior toward her.
أدى بُرُود العلاقة بينهما إلى الانفصال في النهاية.
The coldness in their relationship eventually led to their breakup.
يتحدث الطبيب النفسي عن برود المشاعر بوصفه عرضًا من أعراض الاكتئاب.
The psychologist speaks of emotional coldness as a symptom of depression.
يُفسَّر برود العلاقات الدبلوماسية بين البلدين بتراكم الخلافات السياسية على مدى عقود.
The coldness in diplomatic relations between the two countries is explained by decades of accumulated political disputes.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بُرُودٌ | None |
| Genitive | بُرُودٍ | None |
| Accusative | بُرُودًا | None |
| Vocative | يا بُرُودُ | None |
Word family
باردcold, cool (describing a thing or person)
بَرْدcold (weather); also the common coldبُرُودةcoldness, coolness (the everyday synonym of بُرُود)
بَرُدَto be or become cold
تبريدcooling, refrigeration
Etymology
بُرُود comes from the Semitic root ب-ر-د (b-r-d), which carries the core sense of cold. It is built on the فُعُول (fuʿūl) pattern, a common way Arabic forms verbal nouns from simple triliteral verbs, so بُرُود is literally the noun of the verb بَرُدَ, to be cold. The same root gives Arabic its everyday words for cold weather, refrigeration, and, by extension, emotional distance.
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