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جُون
bay /ˈd͡ʒuːn/
nounA2#1325 most common
Also: gulf, inlet, cove
Example sentences
هٰذَا جُونٌ جَمِيلٌ.
This is a beautiful bay.
نَسْبَحُ فِي الجُونِ كُلَّ صَيْفٍ.
We swim in the bay every summer.
تَرْسُو السُّفُنُ فِي جُونِ المَدِينَةِ.
The ships anchor in the city's bay.
يَحْمِي الجُونُ القَوَارِبَ مِنْ أَمْوَاجِ البَحْرِ العَالِيَةِ.
The bay protects the boats from the sea's high waves.
عُرِفَ جُونُ عَكَّا تَارِيخِيًّا بِمَوْقِعِهِ الاسْتِرَاتِيجِيِّ عَلَى السَّاحِلِ.
The Bay of Acre was historically known for its strategic location on the coast.
تَتَجَمَّعُ مِيَاهُ الأَمْطَارِ فِي الجُونِ الضَّحْلِ فَتُكَوِّنُ مُسْتَنْقَعاتٍ مِلْحِيَّةً تَأْوِي إِلَيْهَا الطُّيُورُ المُهَاجِرَةُ.
Rainwater collects in the shallow bay, forming salt marshes where migrating birds take shelter.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جُونٌ | أَجْوانٌ |
| Genitive | جُونٍ | أَجْوانٍ |
| Accusative | جُوناً | أَجْواناً |
| Vocative | يا جُونُ | يا أَجْوانُ |
Word family
جَوْنa dark or white colour; dusky shade
جُونةround basket; (poetic) the sun
خَلِيجgulfخَوْرinlet, estuary
Etymology
The word grows from the triliteral root ج و ن. In classical Arabic جَوْن named a deep colour, used for both black and white, one of the famous Arabic auto-antonyms. The same root yielded جُون, a low, still hollow where the sea reaches into the land.
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