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ثَلّاجَة
refrigerator /θalˈlaː.dʒa/
nounB1#2783 most common
Also: fridge, icebox
Example sentences
الثَّلَّاجَةُ كَبِيرَةٌ.
The refrigerator is big.
ضَعِ الحَلِيبَ فِي الثَّلَّاجَةِ.
Put the milk in the refrigerator.
اِشْتَرَيْنَا ثَلَّاجَةً جَدِيدَةً لِلْمَطْبَخِ.
We bought a new refrigerator for the kitchen.
تَعَطَّلَتِ الثَّلَّاجَةُ وَفَسَدَ كُلُّ الطَّعَامِ بِدَاخِلِهَا.
The refrigerator broke down and all the food inside it spoiled.
يَنْبَغِي تَنْظِيفُ الثَّلَّاجَةِ بِانْتِظَامٍ لِمَنْعِ تَرَاكُمِ الرَّوَائِحِ.
The refrigerator should be cleaned regularly to prevent odors from building up.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ تَقَدُّمِ تِقْنِيَاتِ التَّبْرِيدِ، لَا تَزَالُ بَعْضُ الثَّلَّاجَاتِ القَدِيمَةِ تَسْتَهْلِكُ طَاقَةً أَكْبَرَ بِكَثِيرٍ مِنَ النَّمَاذِجِ الحَدِيثَةِ.
Despite advances in cooling technology, some old refrigerators still use far more energy than modern models.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ثَلَّاجَةٌ | ثَلَّاجَاتٌ |
| Genitive | ثَلَّاجَةٍ | ثَلَّاجَاتٍ |
| Accusative | ثَلَّاجَةً | ثَلَّاجَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا ثَلَّاجَةُ | يَا ثَلَّاجَاتُ |
Word family
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root ث-ل-ج (th-l-j), which carries the meaning of snow, ice, and freezing. The pattern فَعَّالَة (fa''āla) is commonly used in Arabic to name machines or devices that perform an action, as in غَسَّالَة (washing machine) or سَيَّارَة (car, literally 'goer'). So ثَلّاجَة literally names the device as 'the one that ices/freezes things', and the word shifted from older iceboxes to modern electric refrigerators.
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