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رَماد
ash /raˈmaːd/
nounB2#3485 most common
Also: ashes, cinders
Example sentences
هٰذا رَمادٌ.
This is ash.
نَظَّفْتُ الرَّمادَ مِنَ المَوْقِدِ.
I cleaned the ash out of the fireplace.
تَحَوَّلَ الخَشَبُ إلى رَمادٍ بَعْدَ الحَريقِ.
The wood turned to ash after the fire.
غَطّى الرَّمادُ المُدُنَ بَعْدَ ثَوَرانِ البُرْكانِ.
Ash covered the cities after the volcano erupted.
كانَ وَجْهُهُ بِلَوْنِ الرَّمادِ مِنَ الخَوْفِ.
His face turned the color of ash from fear.
نَهَضَتِ المَدينَةُ مِنْ رَمادِها كَطائِرِ الفينيقِ.
The city rose from its ashes like the phoenix.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | رَمادٌ | أَرْمِدَةٌ |
| Genitive | رَمادٍ | أَرْمِدَةٍ |
| Accusative | رَماداً | أَرْمِدَةً |
| Vocative | يا رَمادُ | يا أَرْمِدَةُ |
Word family
رَمادِيّgray, ash-colored
رَمَّدَto reduce to ashes, to cover with ash
تَرْميدincineration, the act of reducing to ash
اِرْمادَّto turn ashen or gray (of complexion, sky)
Etymology
Ramād comes from the native Arabic triliteral root r-m-d, built on the fa'āl pattern common for substances and physical states. It denotes the gray powder left after something burns. The color adjective ramādīy, meaning gray, comes directly from this word. No well-established cognates outside Arabic are documented, so none are listed here.
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