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خَشَب
wood /ˈxa.ʃab/
nounB1#2087 most common
Also: timber, lumber, wooden material
Example sentences
هٰذَا خَشَب.
This is wood.
الْبَابُ مِنْ خَشَب.
The door is made of wood.
أَشْتَرِي خَشَبًا لِلطَّاوِلَةِ.
I am buying wood for the table.
يَصْنَعُ النَّجَّارُ الْكَرَاسِيَ مِنَ الْخَشَبِ.
The carpenter makes the chairs from wood.
يُعَدُّ خَشَبُ الْبَلُّوطِ مِنْ أَجْوَدِ أَنْوَاعِ الْخَشَبِ لِمَتَانَتِهِ.
Oak wood is considered one of the finest kinds of wood because of its durability.
لَوْلَا صَلَابَةُ الْخَشَبِ الَّذِي انْتَقَاهُ الصُّنَّاعُ لَمَا صَمَدَتِ السُّفُنُ أَمَامَ الْأَمْوَاجِ الْعَاتِيَةِ.
Had it not been for the hardness of the wood the craftsmen selected, the ships would not have withstood the violent waves.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خَشَبٌ | أَخْشَابٌ |
| Genitive | خَشَبٍ | أَخْشَابٍ |
| Accusative | خَشَبًا | أَخْشَابًا |
| Vocative | يَا خَشَبُ | يَا أَخْشَابُ |
Word family
خَشَبَةa single piece of wood, plank
خَشَبِيّwoodenأَخْشَابwoods, timbers (plural)
مُخَشَّبmade stiff or woody
Etymology
خَشَب is a common Semitic noun for wood or timber. It is attested across the Semitic family with related forms in Hebrew and Aramaic. In Arabic it functions as a collective noun, with خَشَبَة as the single piece.
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