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جُزُر
islands /d͡ʒuˈzur/
nounB1#2806 most common
Also: isles
Example sentences
هذه جُزُرٌ جميلة.
These are beautiful islands.
تقع هذه الجُزُر في البحر الأبيض المتوسط.
These islands are located in the Mediterranean Sea.
يعيش الصيادون في جُزُر صغيرة قرب الساحل.
The fishermen live on small islands near the coast.
تشتهر جُزُر المالديف بشواطئها البيضاء.
The Maldives islands are famous for their white beaches.
ارتفاع مستوى البحر يهدد بعض الجُزُر المنخفضة بالغرق.
Rising sea levels threaten some low-lying islands with submersion.
ظلت السيادة على تلك الجُزُر المتنازع عليها قضية خلافية بين البلدين لعقود.
Sovereignty over those disputed islands has remained a contentious issue between the two countries for decades.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جزيرةٌ | جُزُرٌ |
| Genitive | جزيرةٍ | جُزُرٍ |
| Accusative | جزيرةً | جُزُراً |
| Vocative | يا جزيرةُ | يا جُزُرُ |
Word family
جزيرةisland (singular)
شبه جزيرةpeninsula
جزرebb, low tide
جزارbutcher
Etymology
Juzur is the broken plural of jazira, island, built on the Semitic root j-z-r, which carries the core sense of cutting or separating. An island is land cut off from the mainland by water. The same root gives jazr, the ebb tide that pulls the sea back and exposes land, and jazzar, a butcher, one who cuts.
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