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ثَلْج
snow /ˈθaldʒ/
nounA2#1205 most common
Also: ice
Example sentences
الثَّلْجُ أبيض.
The snow is white.
يسقط الثَّلْجُ في الشتاء.
Snow falls in winter.
يحب الأطفال اللعب في الثَّلْج.
Children love playing in the snow.
غطّى الثَّلْجُ قمم الجبال هذا الصباح.
Snow covered the mountain peaks this morning.
تكدّس الثَّلْجُ على الطرقات وأعاق حركة السير.
The snow piled up on the roads and obstructed the flow of traffic.
ذاب الثَّلْجُ تحت أشعة الشمس الدافئة كاشفًا عن مروجٍ خضراء.
The snow melted under the warm rays of the sun, revealing green meadows.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ثَلْجٌ | ثُلُوجٌ |
| Genitive | ثَلْجٍ | ثُلُوجٍ |
| Accusative | ثَلْجاً | ثُلُوجاً |
| Vocative | يا ثَلْجُ | يا ثُلُوجُ |
Word family
ثَلَجَto snow
ثَلَّاجةrefrigerator
مُثَلَّجاتice cream, frozen desserts
ثَلْجِيّsnowy, icy
مُثْلِجsnow-bringing, snowy
Etymology
ثَلْج comes from the common Semitic root th-l-j, tied to snow and cold. The same root surfaces across the Semitic languages with regular sound shifts. The related verb ثَلَجَ means to snow.
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