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رائِحَة
smell /ˈraːʔiħa/
nounA1#645 most common
Also: scent, odor, aroma
Example sentences
هذِهِ رائِحَةٌ جَميلَةٌ.
This is a nice smell.
أُحِبُّ رائِحَةَ القَهْوَةِ في الصَّباحِ.
I love the smell of coffee in the morning.
رائِحَةُ الوَرْدِ تَملَأُ الحَديقَةَ كُلَّها.
The smell of the roses fills the whole garden.
شَمَمْتُ رائِحَةً غَريبَةً قادِمَةً مِنَ المَطْبَخِ.
I smelled a strange smell coming from the kitchen.
انْتَشَرَتْ رائِحَةُ الطَّعامِ اللَّذيذِ في أَنْحاءِ البَيْتِ كُلِّهِ.
The smell of the delicious food spread through the whole house.
ظَلَّتْ رائِحَةُ المَطَرِ على الأَرْضِ الجافَّةِ تُذَكِّرُني بِأَيّامِ الطُّفولَةِ.
The smell of rain on the dry ground kept reminding me of my childhood days.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | رائِحَةٌ | رَوائِحُ |
| Genitive | رائِحَةٍ | رَوائِحَ |
| Accusative | رائِحَةً | رَوائِحَ |
| Vocative | يا رائِحَةُ | يا رَوائِحُ |
Word family
ريحwind
روحspirit, soul
رَوائِحsmells (plural of رائِحَة)
مِرْوَحةfan
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic triliteral root ر-و-ح (r-w-ḥ), which carries the sense of wind, breath, and moving air. رائِحَة is the feminine active participle built on that root, so a smell is framed as something borne to you on the air. The same root gives ريح (wind) and روح (spirit, breath).
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