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حَرَس
guard (the body of guards, as in a guard corps) /ˈħa.ras/
nounB2#3258 most common
Also: watch (a guard detail), escort
Example sentences
الحَرَس أمام القصر.
The guard is in front of the palace.
يعمل أخي في الحَرَس الوطني.
My brother works in the National Guard.
يقوم الحَرَس بحماية الحدود ليلاً ونهاراً.
The guards protect the border day and night.
شاهدنا حفل تغيير الحَرَس أمام القصر الملكي.
We watched the changing-of-the-guard ceremony in front of the royal palace.
انتشر الحَرَس الجمهوري في محيط العاصمة بعد إعلان حالة الطوارئ.
The Republican Guard deployed around the capital after the state of emergency was declared.
على الرغم من يقظة الحَرَس، تمكن المتسللون من اختراق الأسوار الخارجية قبيل الفجر.
Despite the guards' vigilance, the intruders managed to breach the outer walls just before dawn.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حَرَسٌ | أحْراسٌ |
| Genitive | حَرَسٍ | أحْراسٍ |
| Accusative | حَرَسًا | أحْراسًا |
| Vocative | يا حَرَسُ | يا أحْراسُ |
Word family
حارسguard, watchman
حراسةguarding, custody, watch duty
حرسto guard, to protect
محروسprotected, guarded (also used as an honorific for cities)
Etymology
حَرَس comes from the Semitic triliteral root ح-ر-س (ḥ-r-s), which carries the sense of guarding or watching over something. The pattern faʿal here gives a collective noun: not one guard, but the body of guards as a unit, much like English uses 'the guard' for a whole detail of soldiers. This root is native to Arabic and not part of the Indo-European family, so no PIE root applies.
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