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خَمْر
wine /ˈxamr/
nounB1#1574 most common
Also: alcohol, intoxicating drink, liquor
Example sentences
الخَمْرُ حَرامٌ.
Wine is forbidden.
أَنا لا أَشْرَبُ الخَمْرَ.
I do not drink wine.
شُرْبُ الخَمْرِ مَمْنوعٌ في كَثيرٍ مِنَ الدُّوَلِ.
Drinking alcohol is banned in many countries.
حَوَّلَ العِنَبَ إلى خَمْرٍ بَعْدَ أَشْهُرٍ مِنَ التَّخْميرِ.
He turned the grapes into wine after months of fermentation.
تُحَذِّرُ التَّقاريرُ الطِّبِّيَّةُ مِنْ أَنَّ إِدْمانَ الخَمْرِ يُتْلِفُ الكَبِدَ تَدْريجِيًّا.
Medical reports warn that addiction to alcohol gradually damages the liver.
في الشِّعْرِ العَبّاسِيِّ كانَتِ الخَمْرُ رَمْزًا لِلَّذَّةِ العابِرَةِ وَلِزَوالِ الدُّنْيا.
In Abbasid poetry, wine was a symbol of fleeting pleasure and the passing of the world.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خَمْرٌ | خُمورٌ |
| Genitive | خَمْرٍ | خُمورٍ |
| Accusative | خَمْرًا | خُمورًا |
| Vocative | يا خَمْرُ | يا خُمورُ |
Word family
خَمَّرَto ferment, to leaven
تَخْميرfermentation
مَخْمورdrunk, intoxicated
خُمارhangover
خَمَّارةtavern, bar
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root kh-m-r, which carries the sense of covering and fermenting. Wine took this name because it veils or covers the mind. The root also gives the verb for fermentation and the word for a head veil.
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