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جُرَذ
rat /d͡ʒuˈrað/
nounB2#3281 most common
Also: rodent (loosely, in casual speech)
Example sentences
رَأَيْتُ جُرَذًا فِي البَيْتِ.
I saw a rat in the house.
الجُرَذُ حَيَوَانٌ صَغِيرٌ.
The rat is a small animal.
يَعِيشُ الجُرَذُ فِي المَجَارِي وَيَأْكُلُ القُمَامَةَ.
The rat lives in sewers and eats garbage.
انتَشَرَتِ الجِرْذَانُ فِي المَدِينَةِ بَعْدَ الفَيَضَانِ.
Rats spread through the city after the flood.
يُعَدُّ الجُرَذُ ناقِلًا لِلعَدِيدِ مِنَ الأَمْرَاضِ الخَطِيرَةِ.
The rat is considered a carrier of many serious diseases.
خَضَعَتِ الجِرْذَانُ لِتَجَارِبَ عِلْمِيَّةٍ مُكَثَّفَةٍ لِفَهْمِ آلِيَّاتِ الشَّيْخُوخَةِ.
Rats were subjected to intensive scientific experiments to understand the mechanisms of aging.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جُرَذٌ | جِرْذَانٌ |
| Genitive | جُرَذٍ | جِرْذَانٍ |
| Accusative | جُرَذًا | جِرْذَانًا |
| Vocative | يَا جُرَذُ | يَا جِرْذَانُ |
Word family
جِرْذَانrats (plural of جُرَذ)
جُرَيْذlittle rat (diminutive)
Etymology
Jurath comes from a native Semitic root, ج ر ذ, used in Arabic specifically for the rat, as distinct from fa'r, which covers mice and rodents more broadly. The word has no known link to Indo-European languages. Its use goes back to classical Arabic dictionaries, where it is listed as a larger, coarser relative of the mouse.
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