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جَلِيد
ice /dʒaˈliːd/
nounB1#2321 most common
Also: frost, glacial ice
Example sentences
الجَلِيدُ بارِدٌ جِدّاً.
The ice is very cold.
وَضَعْتُ الجَلِيدَ فِي الكَأْسِ.
I put the ice in the glass.
تُغَطِّي طَبَقَةٌ مِنَ الجَلِيدِ الشَّارِعَ هذا الصَّباحَ.
A layer of ice covers the street this morning.
يَذُوبُ الجَلِيدُ بِسُرْعَةٍ عِنْدَما تَرْتَفِعُ دَرَجَةُ الحَرارَةِ.
The ice melts quickly when the temperature rises.
تَراكَمَ الجَلِيدُ عَلى أَجْنِحَةِ الطّائِرَةِ قَبْلَ الإِقْلاعِ.
Ice built up on the plane's wings before takeoff.
أَدَّى ذَوَبانُ الجَلِيدِ القُطْبِيِّ إِلى ارْتِفاعِ مُسْتَوى سَطْحِ البَحْرِ بِشَكْلٍ مُلْحوظٍ.
The melting of the polar ice led to a noticeable rise in sea level.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جَلِيدٌ | جَلَائِدُ |
| Genitive | جَلِيدٍ | جَلَائِدَ |
| Accusative | جَلِيداً | جَلَائِدَ |
| Vocative | يا جَلِيدُ | يا جَلَائِدُ |
Word family
جِلْدskin, hide, leather
جَلَدَto be firm, steadfast; to flog
جَلَادَةfortitude, endurance
تَجَلَّدَto show fortitude; to harden or freeze
مُجَلَّدbound volume, book
Etymology
جَلِيد comes from the Semitic root ج-ل-د, which carries the sense of hardness, firmness, and endurance. Ice takes its name from this idea: it is water that has turned hard and solid. The word is Semitic, not Indo-European, so it has no PIE root or Indo-European cognates.
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