Learn Arabic › B2 › دُهْن
دُهْن
fat /ˈduhn/
nounB2#3639 most common
Also: oil, grease, ointment
Example sentences
هٰذا دُهْنٌ.
This is fat.
أَضَعُ قَلِيلًا مِنَ الدُّهْنِ فِي الْمِقْلاةِ.
I put a little fat in the frying pan.
يَحْتَوِي هٰذَا الطَّعَامُ عَلَى نِسْبَةٍ عَالِيَةٍ مِنَ الدُّهْنِ.
This food contains a high proportion of fat.
طَلَبَتْ مِنِّي أَنْ أُحْضِرَ لَهَا دُهْنَ الْأَطْفَالِ مِنَ الصَّيْدَلِيَّةِ.
She asked me to bring her baby oil from the pharmacy.
يَتَكَوَّنُ الزُّبْدُ مِنْ تَجَمُّعِ حُبَيْبَاتِ الدُّهْنِ الْمَوْجُودَةِ فِي الْحَلِيبِ.
Butter forms from the aggregation of fat globules present in milk.
أَشَارَتِ الدِّرَاسَةُ إِلَى أَنَّ ارْتِفَاعَ نِسْبَةِ الدُّهْنِ فِي الْجِسْمِ يَرْتَبِطُ بِزِيَادَةِ مَخَاطِرِ الْأَمْرَاضِ الْقَلْبِيَّةِ.
The study indicated that a high body fat percentage is linked to increased risk of heart disease.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | دُهْنٌ | دُهُونٌ |
| Genitive | دُهْنٍ | دُهُونٍ |
| Accusative | دُهْنًا | دُهُونًا |
| Vocative | يا دُهْنُ | يا دُهُونُ |
Word family
دَهَنَto oil, to grease, to anoint
دِهَانpaint or coating
دَهَّانpainter
دُهْنِيّoily, fatty
مَدْهُونoiled, greased
Etymology
دُهْن comes from the Semitic root د-ه-ن (d-h-n), which carries the sense of oiling, greasing, or anointing. The noun itself follows the فُعْل pattern, a common shape for mass nouns naming a substance. Because Arabic is a Semitic language rather than an Indo-European one, it has no Proto-Indo-European ancestor.
Learn Arabic the way that sticks.
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free