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ثَرْوَة
wealth /ˈθar.wa/
nounB1#2217 most common
Also: fortune, riches, resource (as in natural resource)
Example sentences
عِنْدَهُ ثَرْوَة كَبِيرَة.
He has a large fortune.
جَمَعَ ثَرْوَة مِنْ عَمَلِهِ.
He gathered wealth from his work.
النِّفْطُ ثَرْوَةٌ طَبِيعِيَّةٌ مُهِمَّة.
Oil is an important natural resource.
وَرِثَ ثَرْوَةً ضَخْمَةً عَنْ أَبِيهِ.
He inherited a huge fortune from his father.
تُعَدُّ الثَّرْوَةُ السَّمَكِيَّةُ مَصْدَرًا رَئِيسِيًّا لِلدَّخْلِ فِي المِنْطَقَة.
Fish stocks are considered a main source of income in the region.
لَا تُقاسُ ثَرْوَةُ الأُمَمِ بِالمالِ وَحْدَهُ، بَلْ بِعُقولِ أَبْنائِها.
The wealth of nations is measured not by money alone, but by the minds of its people.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ثَرْوَةٌ | ثَرَوَاتٌ |
| Genitive | ثَرْوَةٍ | ثَرَوَاتٍ |
| Accusative | ثَرْوَةً | ثَرَوَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا ثَرْوَةُ | يَا ثَرَوَاتُ |
Word family
ثَرِيّrich, wealthy
ثَرَاءaffluence, opulence
أَثْرَىto become rich, to enrich
ثَرَوَاتwealth, resources (plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root ث-ر-و (th-r-w), which carries the sense of abundance and increase. From it Arabic builds a family of words about riches and being rich. It follows the فَعْلَة pattern, which often marks a single instance or a concrete result, here a body of wealth.
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