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سَطْح
surface /ˈsatˤħ/
nounA2#1277 most common
Also: roof, rooftop, flat top
Example sentences
القِطَّةُ عَلَى السَّطْحِ.
The cat is on the roof.
نَجْلِسُ عَلَى السَّطْحِ فِي المَساءِ.
We sit on the roof in the evening.
سَطْحُ الماءِ هادِئٌ هٰذا الصَّباحَ.
The surface of the water is calm this morning.
مَسَحَتْ سَطْحَ الطّاوِلَةِ قَبْلَ العَشاءِ.
She wiped the surface of the table before dinner.
تَعْكِسُ سُطُوحُ المَبانِي الزُّجاجِيَّةِ ضَوْءَ الشَّمْسِ.
The glass surfaces of the buildings reflect the sunlight.
لا تَحْكُمْ عَلَى الأُمورِ مِنْ سَطْحِها فَقَط، بَلِ انْظُرْ إِلَى عُمْقِها.
Do not judge matters only from their surface; look into their depth.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سَطْحٌ | سُطُوحٌ |
| Genitive | سَطْحٍ | سُطُوحٍ |
| Accusative | سَطْحاً | سُطُوحاً |
| Vocative | يا سَطْحُ | يا سُطُوحُ |
Word family
سُطُوحsurfaces, roofs (plural)
سَطْحِيّsuperficial, surface-level
سَطَّحَto flatten, make level
مُسَطَّحflat, flattened
تَسْطِيحflattening, leveling
Etymology
Arabic noun from the triliteral root s-ṭ-ḥ, which carries the sense of flatness and spreading out. The word names the flat top of something, so it covers both a plain surface and the flat roof of a house. The same root appears in Hebrew, where it yields words for area and expanse.
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