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بِئْر
well (a hole dug in the ground to reach water) /ˈbiʔr/
nounB2#4318 most common
Also: water well, pit, cistern
Example sentences
هَذِهِ بِئْرٌ.
This is a well.
نَشْرَبُ الماءَ مِنَ البِئْرِ.
We drink water from the well.
حَفَرَ الفَلّاحُ بِئْراً جَديدَةً في الحَقْلِ.
The farmer dug a new well in the field.
جَفَّتِ البِئْرُ بَعْدَ سَنَواتٍ مِنَ الجَفافِ.
The well dried up after years of drought.
تَعْتَمِدُ القَرْيَةُ عَلى آبارٍ قَديمَةٍ لِلحُصولِ عَلى مِياهِ الشُّرْبِ.
The village relies on old wells to get drinking water.
يُقالُ إِنَّ يوسُفَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ أُلْقِيَ في بِئْرٍ مِن قِبَلِ إِخْوَتِهِ.
It is said that Joseph, peace be upon him, was thrown into a well by his brothers.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بِئْرٌ | آبَارٌ |
| Genitive | بِئْرٍ | آبَارٍ |
| Accusative | بِئْراً | آبَاراً |
| Vocative | يَا بِئْرُ | يَا آبَارُ |
Word family
بِئْرwell
آبَارwells (plural)
بُؤْرَةfocal point, hotbed, epicenter
بَيَّارَةirrigated orchard (Levantine, named for the well that waters it)
Etymology
Bi'r comes from a common Semitic root for a dug hole or pit used to reach water. It is not an Indo-European word, so it has no Proto-Indo-European ancestor. Related forms appear across the Semitic language family with the same core meaning of a water well.
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