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خُبْز
bread /ˈxubz/
nounB1#1806 most common
Also: loaf
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ الخُبْزَ.
I love bread.
أَكَلْتُ خُبْزاً في الصَّباحِ.
I ate bread in the morning.
هَل تُريدُ خُبْزاً مَعَ الجُبْنِ؟
Do you want bread with cheese?
اِشْتَرَيْتُ خُبْزاً طازَجاً مِنَ المَخْبَزِ.
I bought fresh bread from the bakery.
لا يَكْفي هذا الخُبْزُ لِكُلِّ أَفْرادِ العائِلَةِ.
This bread is not enough for the whole family.
يُقالُ إِنَّ الخُبْزَ أَساسُ المائِدَةِ في كَثيرٍ مِنَ الثَّقافاتِ العَرَبِيَّةِ.
It is said that bread is the foundation of the table in many Arab cultures.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خُبْزٌ | أَخْباز |
| Genitive | خُبْزٍ | أَخْباز |
| Accusative | خُبْزاً | أَخْباز |
| Vocative | يا خُبْزُ | يا أَخْباز |
Word family
خَبَزَto bake
خَبّازbaker
مَخْبَزbakery
خُبْزَةa loaf of bread
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root خ-ب-ز, which carries the sense of baking. The verb خَبَزَ means to bake bread, and خُبْز is the baked product itself. The same root gives مَخْبَز, the place where bread is baked.
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