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جَوّ
atmosphere /ˈd͡ʒaww/
nounA2#1111 most common
Also: weather, air, mood, ambiance
Example sentences
الجَوُّ حارٌّ اليَوْمَ.
The weather is hot today.
كَيْفَ الجَوُّ في الخارِجِ؟
How is the weather outside?
أُحِبُّ الجَوَّ في هٰذا المَقْهى.
I like the atmosphere in this café.
كانَ جَوُّ الحَفْلَةِ رائِعاً.
The atmosphere of the party was wonderful.
تُؤَثِّرُ التَّغَيُّراتُ المُناخِيَّةُ في جَوِّ الكَوْكَبِ.
Climate change affects the planet's atmosphere.
سادَ المُجتَمَعَ جَوٌّ مِنَ القَلَقِ بَعدَ الأزمَةِ الاقتِصادِيَّةِ.
An atmosphere of anxiety prevailed over society after the economic crisis.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جَوٌّ | أَجْواءٌ |
| Genitive | جَوٍّ | أَجْواءٍ |
| Accusative | جَوّاً | أَجْواءً |
| Vocative | يا جَوُّ | يا أَجْواءُ |
Word family
جَوِّيّatmospheric, aerial
أَجْواءatmospheres, ambiance (plural)
الغِلاف الجَوِّيّthe (Earth's) atmosphere
سِلاح الجَوّthe air force
جَوّاًby air
Etymology
جَوّ comes from the Semitic root meaning the inside or the open space within something. In Arabic it named the expanse of air between earth and sky, and from there the weather and the mood of a place. The figurative sense of ambiance is a later extension of the same idea of a surrounding space.
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