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ساحَة
square (open public space) /ˈsaː.ħa/
nounB1#1796 most common
Also: courtyard, yard, arena, field (e.g. battlefield), plaza
Example sentences
هذِهِ ساحَةٌ كَبيرَةٌ.
This is a big square.
نَلْعَبُ في السّاحَةِ كُلَّ يَومٍ.
We play in the yard every day.
اِلْتَقَيْنا في ساحَةِ المَدينَةِ.
We met in the city square.
تَجَمَّعَ المُتَظاهِرونَ في السّاحَةِ الرَّئيسِيَّةِ.
The protesters gathered in the main square.
شَهِدَتْ ساحَةُ المَعرَكَةِ مَعارِكَ دامِيَةً.
The battlefield witnessed bloody battles.
تَحَوَّلَتِ السّاحَةُ السِّياسِيَّةُ إلى ميدانٍ للصِّراعِ بَيْنَ القُوى المُتَنافِسَةِ.
The political arena turned into a field of conflict among competing forces.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ساحَةٌ | ساحاتٌ |
| Genitive | ساحَةٍ | ساحاتٍ |
| Accusative | ساحَةً | ساحاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا ساحَةُ | يا ساحاتُ |
Word family
ساحاتsquares, courtyards (sound plural)
سُوحcourtyards (broken plural)
ساحopen yard, courtyard
ساحَة الانتِظارparking lot, waiting area
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root س-و-ح (s-w-ḥ), a hollow root carrying the sense of an open courtyard or cleared space. From the literal idea of a bare yard beside a house, the meaning widened to any public square, and then to figurative fields such as the battlefield or the political arena.
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