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ذِراع
arm /ðiˈraːʕ/
nounA2#1095 most common
Also: forearm, cubit (old unit of length), arm of a machine, crane, or river
Example sentences
هَذِهِ ذِراعِي اليُمْنى.
This is my right arm.
كَسَرَ الوَلَدُ ذِراعَهُ وَهُوَ يَلْعَبُ.
The boy broke his arm while he was playing.
حَمَلَتِ الأُمُّ طِفْلَها بَيْنَ ذِراعَيْها.
The mother carried her child in her arms.
يَبْلُغُ طُولُ هَذا القُماشِ ثَلاثَ أَذْرُعٍ.
This cloth is three cubits long.
فَتَحَ لِيَ الرَّجُلُ ذِراعَيْهِ وَرَحَّبَ بِي تَرْحيباً حارّاً.
The man opened his arms to me and welcomed me warmly.
امْتَدَّتْ أَذْرُعُ النَّهْرِ بَيْنَ الحُقولِ كَأَنَّها تُعانِقُ الأَرْضَ.
The arms of the river stretched between the fields as if embracing the land.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ذِراعٌ | أَذْرُعٌ |
| Genitive | ذِراعٍ | أَذْرُعٍ |
| Accusative | ذِراعاً | أَذْرُعاً |
| Vocative | يا ذِراعُ | يا أَذْرُعُ |
Word family
ذَرَعَto measure by the cubit; to cross
ذَرْعcapacity, endurance
أَذْرُعarms (plural)
ذِراعِيّbrachial, of the arm
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ḏ-r-ʿ, tied to the arm and to measuring length with it. The forearm served as a standard measure, the cubit, so one word named both the limb and the unit. The same double sense recurs across the Semitic family.
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