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ذَرَّة
atom /ˈðar.ra/
nounB1#2238 most common
Also: particle, speck (of dust), mote
Example sentences
الذَرَّة صغيرة جداً.
The atom is very small.
لا أرى ذَرَّة غبار على الطاولة.
I do not see a speck of dust on the table.
تتكون كل مادة من ملايين الذَرَّات.
Every substance is made of millions of atoms.
شرح المعلم كيف تنقسم الذَرَّة إلى نواة وإلكترونات.
The teacher explained how the atom splits into a nucleus and electrons.
لم يبق في قلبه ذَرَّة من الشك بعد أن رأى الدليل.
Not an atom of doubt remained in his heart after he saw the proof.
من يعمل مثقال ذَرَّة خيراً يره، ومن يعمل مثقال ذَرَّة شراً يره.
Whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, and whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ذَرَّةٌ | ذَرَّاتٌ |
| Genitive | ذَرَّةٍ | ذَرَّاتٍ |
| Accusative | ذَرَّةً | ذَرَّاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا ذَرَّةُ | يا ذَرَّاتُ |
Word family
ذَرّto scatter, to sprinkle
ذُرِّيَّةoffspring, progeny
ذَرُورfine powder
ذَرِّيّatomic, nuclear
Etymology
The word comes from the triliteral root dh-r-r, which means to scatter or sprinkle. A ذَرَّة is one scattered speck, the smallest visible mote of dust in a sunbeam. Modern Arabic borrowed this old sense to name the physical atom.
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