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حِذاء
shoe /ħiˈðaːʔ/
nounA2#817 most common
Also: footwear
Example sentences
هٰذا حِذائي الجَديد.
This is my new shoe.
أَيْنَ حِذائي الآخَر؟
Where is my other shoe?
اِشْتَرَيْتُ حِذاءً رِياضِيًّا أَمْسِ.
I bought a sports shoe yesterday.
يَجِبُ أَنْ تَخْلَعَ حِذاءَكَ قَبْلَ دُخولِ المَسْجِد.
You must take off your shoe before entering the mosque.
كانَ حِذاؤُهُ القَديمُ مُمَزَّقًا لٰكِنَّهُ رَفَضَ التَّخَلُّصَ مِنْهُ.
His old shoe was torn, but he refused to throw it away.
في بَعْضِ الثَّقافاتِ، يُعَدُّ إِظْهارُ باطِنِ الحِذاءِ إِهانَةً بالِغَةً.
In some cultures, showing the sole of a shoe is considered a grave insult.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حِذاءٌ | أَحْذِيَةٌ |
| Genitive | حِذاءٍ | أَحْذِيَةٍ |
| Accusative | حِذاءً | أَحْذِيَةً |
| Vocative | يا حِذاءُ | يا أَحْذِيَةُ |
Word family
أَحْذِيةshoes (plural)
حِذاء رِياضيathletic shoe, sneaker
حَذّاءshoemaker, cobbler
حَذاto imitate, follow an example
اِحْتَذىto emulate
Etymology
حِذاء comes from the triliteral root ح ذ و (ḥ-dh-w), which carries the sense of being parallel to or alongside something. The related verb حَذا means to imitate or to follow an example, and also to fit a sandal to the foot. The noun names the covering shaped to match the sole. Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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