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جِدار
wall /dʒiˈdaːr/
nounA2#1251 most common
Also: partition, barrier
Example sentences
هٰذا جِدارٌ.
This is a wall.
عَلَّقْتُ الصورةَ عَلى الجِدارِ.
I hung the picture on the wall.
نَطلي الجِدارَ بِاللَونِ الأبيَضِ.
We are painting the wall white.
كُتِبَت الشِعاراتُ عَلى جُدْرانِ المَدينةِ.
The slogans were written on the city's walls.
تَصَدَّعَ الجِدارُ القَديمُ بَعدَ الزِلزالِ.
The old wall cracked after the earthquake.
ارتَفَعَ بَينَهُما جِدارٌ مِنَ الصَمتِ لا يَكسِرُهُ كَلامٌ.
A wall of silence rose between them that no words could break.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جِدارٌ | جُدْرانٌ |
| Genitive | جِدارٍ | جُدْرانٍ |
| Accusative | جِداراً | جُدْراناً |
| Vocative | يا جِدارُ | يا جُدْرانُ |
Word family
جُدْرانwalls (plural)
جِدارِيّةmural
جِداريmural, wall-related
جَديرworthy, deserving
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root j-d-r, which carries the sense of walling off or enclosing. The same root surfaces in Hebrew gādēr, meaning fence, and in Aramaic forms for an enclosing wall. It is a native Semitic word, with no Indo-European source.
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