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جِذْر
root /ˈdʒiðr/
nounB2#3770 most common
Also: square root (math), radical (math), origin/source (figurative)
Example sentences
لِلشَّجَرَةِ جِذْرٌ طَوِيلٌ.
The tree has a long root.
الجِذْرُ يَمْتَصُّ الماءَ مِنَ التُّرْبَةِ.
The root absorbs water from the soil.
ما هُوَ الجِذْرُ التَّرْبِيعِيُّ لِلعَدَدِ تِسْعَة؟
What is the square root of nine?
تَنْمُو جُذُورُ الشَّجَرَةِ تَحْتَ الأَرْضِ بَحْثًا عَنِ الماءِ.
The tree's roots grow underground in search of water.
يَدْرُسُ اللُّغَوِيُّونَ جِذْرَ الكَلِمَةِ لِفَهْمِ مَعْنَاهَا الأَصْلِيِّ.
Linguists study the root of the word to understand its original meaning.
يُعَدُّ اسْتِخْرَاجُ الجِذْرِ التَّكْعِيبِيِّ عَمَلِيَّةً حِسَابِيَّةً أَكْثَرَ تَعْقِيدًا مِنَ الجِذْرِ التَّرْبِيعِيِّ.
Extracting the cube root is a more complex calculation than the square root.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جِذْرٌ | جُذُورٌ |
| Genitive | جِذْرٍ | جُذُورٍ |
| Accusative | جِذْرًا | جُذُورًا |
| Vocative | يَا جِذْرُ | يَا جُذُورُ |
Word family
جَذَّرَto root, to ground firmly
تَجَذَّرَto take root, to become entrenched
تَجْذِيرrooting, grounding, radicalization
جِذْرِيّradical, root-level
جُذُورroots (plural), also figurative: origins, heritage
Etymology
Jidhr comes from the Semitic triliteral root j-dh-r, which carries the sense of a base, foundation, or point of origin. It is not an Indo-European word, so it has no PIE ancestor. The same root gives Arabic verbs and adjectives tied to grounding, entrenchment, and radical (root-level) change.
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