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خِنْزِير
pig /xinˈziːr/
nounA2#1196 most common
Also: swine, hog, boar
Example sentences
هَذَا خِنْزِيرٌ.
This is a pig.
الخِنْزِيرُ حَيَوَانٌ كَبِيرٌ.
The pig is a big animal.
لا يَأْكُلُ المُسْلِمُونَ لَحْمَ الخِنْزِيرِ.
Muslims do not eat pork.
رَأَيْنا قَطِيعًا مِنَ الخَنازِيرِ في المَزْرَعَةِ.
We saw a herd of pigs on the farm.
يُعْتَبَرُ لَحْمُ الخِنْزِيرِ مُحَرَّمًا في الإسلامِ واليَهودِيَّةِ.
Pork is considered forbidden in Islam and Judaism.
انتشرَ فيروسُ إنفلونزا الخَنازِيرِ بسرعةٍ، مُسبِّبًا قلقًا عالميًّا.
The swine flu virus spread quickly, causing worldwide concern.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خِنْزِيرٌ | خَنازِيرُ |
| Genitive | خِنْزِيرٍ | خَنازِيرَ |
| Accusative | خِنْزِيرًا | خَنازِيرَ |
| Vocative | يا خِنْزِيرُ | يا خَنازِيرُ |
Word family
خِنْزِيرَةsow, female pig
خَنازِيرpigs (plural)
خِنْزِيرِيّporcine, swine-related
لَحْم الخِنْزِيرpork
Etymology
Khinzīr is the common Semitic word for pig. It matches Hebrew ḥazīr and Aramaic ḥzīrā, and all descend from a shared Semitic form. The word is old and has no connection to Indo-European names for swine.
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