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زِراعَة
agriculture /zɪraːˈʕah/
nounB2#3432 most common
Also: farming, cultivation
Example sentences
الزِّراعَةُ مُهِمَّةٌ.
Agriculture is important.
يَعْمَلُ أَبي في الزِّراعَةِ.
My father works in agriculture.
تَعْتَمِدُ هٰذِهِ القَرْيَةُ عَلى الزِّراعَةِ.
This village depends on agriculture.
تُواجِهُ الزِّراعَةُ في هٰذِهِ المِنْطَقَةِ تَحَدِّياتٍ بِسَبَبِ نَقْصِ المِياهِ.
Agriculture in this region faces challenges because of the water shortage.
أَسْهَمَتِ التِّكْنولوجيا الحَديثَةُ في تَطْويرِ الزِّراعَةِ العُضْوِيَّةِ.
Modern technology has contributed to the development of organic agriculture.
لا يُمْكِنُ تَحْقيقُ الأَمْنِ الغِذائِيِّ دونَ إِصْلاحٍ جِذْريٍّ في سِياساتِ الزِّراعَةِ.
Food security cannot be achieved without a radical reform of agricultural policy.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | زِراعَةٌ | زِراعاتٌ |
| Genitive | زِراعَةٍ | زِراعاتٍ |
| Accusative | زِراعَةً | زِراعاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا زِراعَةُ | يا زِراعاتُ |
Word family
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root z-r-ʕ, whose core sense is sowing seed. Classical Arabic built زِراعَة on the pattern fiʿālah, which turns a root action into the name of a trade or practice, the same pattern seen in صِناعَة (industry) and تِجارَة (trade). So زِراعَة literally denotes the practice of sowing, and by extension the whole activity of farming.
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