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حَرْب
war /ˈħarb/
nounA1#414 most common
Also: warfare, battle, armed conflict
Example sentences
الحَرْب سَيِّئَة.
War is bad.
أنا لا أُحِبُّ الحَرْب.
I do not like war.
اِنْتَهَتِ الحَرْب بَعْدَ سَنَوات.
The war ended after years.
عاشَ النّاسُ سَنَواتٍ طَويلةً مِنَ الحُرُوبِ.
The people lived through long years of wars.
تَرَكَتِ الحَرْبُ آثاراً عَميقةً في المُجتَمَعِ كُلِّهِ.
The war left deep marks on the whole of society.
لا يَرْبَحُ أحَدٌ في الحَرْبِ، بَلْ يَخْسَرُ الجَميعُ في النِّهايَةِ.
No one wins in war; in the end everyone loses.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حَرْبٌ (ḥarbun) | حُرُوبٌ (ḥurūbun) |
| Genitive | حَرْبٍ (ḥarbin) | حُرُوبٍ (ḥurūbin) |
| Accusative | حَرْباً (ḥarban) | حُرُوباً (ḥurūban) |
| Vocative | يا حَرْبُ (yā ḥarbu) | يا حُرُوبُ (yā ḥurūbu) |
Word family
حارَبَ (ḥāraba)to fight, wage war
مُحارِب (muḥārib)warrior, combatant
حَرْبيّ (ḥarbī)military, of war
حَرْبة (ḥarba)spear, bayonet
حُرُوب (ḥurūb)wars (plural)
Etymology
حَرْب comes from the Semitic root ح-ر-ب, tied to fighting and destruction. The same root gives Hebrew its word for sword and a verb for laying waste. Arabic shaped it on the faʿl noun pattern to mean organized armed conflict.
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