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حَقْل
field /ˈħaql/
nounB1#2078 most common
Also: cultivated plot of land, field (area of study or activity), field (as in oil field)
Example sentences
هٰذا حَقْلٌ كَبيرٌ.
This is a big field.
يَعْمَلُ أَبي في الحَقْلِ كُلَّ صَباحٍ.
My father works in the field every morning.
زَرَعْنا القَمْحَ في الحَقْلِ هٰذا العامَ.
We planted wheat in the field this year.
تَمْتَدُّ الحُقُولُ الخَضْراءُ حَتَّى الأُفُقِ.
The green fields stretch to the horizon.
اكْتَشَفَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ حَقْلَ نَفْطٍ جَديدًا في الصَّحْراءِ.
The company discovered a new oil field in the desert.
يُعَدُّ هٰذا العالِمُ رائِدًا في حَقْلِ الفيزياءِ النَّوَوِيَّةِ.
This scholar is regarded as a pioneer in the field of nuclear physics.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حَقْلٌ | حُقُولٌ |
| Genitive | حَقْلٍ | حُقُولٍ |
| Accusative | حَقْلاً | حُقُولاً |
| Vocative | يا حَقْلُ | يا حُقُولُ |
Word family
حُقُولfields (plural)
حَقْل نَفْطoil field
حَقْل أَلْغامminefield
حَقْل دَلالِيّsemantic field
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ḥ-q-l, tied to plowed and cultivated ground. It is well attested across older Semitic languages with the same sense of a farmed plot. In modern Arabic it kept the agricultural meaning and also took on the abstract sense of a field of study or work.
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