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سِياج
fence /siˈjaːdʒ/
nounB2#3554 most common
Also: hedge, enclosure, barrier
Example sentences
هٰذَا سِياجٌ.
This is a fence.
السِّياجُ حَوْلَ الْحَدِيقَةِ أَبْيَضُ.
The fence around the garden is white.
بَنَى الْفَلَّاحُ سِياجًا حَوْلَ حَقْلِهِ لِحِمَايَةِ الْمَحْصُولِ.
The farmer built a fence around his field to protect the crop.
تَسَلَّقَ الْوَلَدُ السِّياجَ لِيَلْتَقِطَ الْكُرَةَ الَّتِي سَقَطَتْ فِي الْجِهَةِ الْأُخْرَى.
The boy climbed the fence to retrieve the ball that had fallen on the other side.
أَقَامَتِ الْبَلَدِيَّةُ سِياجًا حَدِيدِيًّا حَوْلَ الْمَوْقِعِ الْأَثَرِيِّ لِمَنْعِ التَّخْرِيبِ.
The municipality erected an iron fence around the archaeological site to prevent vandalism.
لَمْ يَكُنِ السِّياجُ الشَّائِكُ الَّذِي أَحَاطَ بِالْمُخَيَّمِ كَافِيًا لِرَدْعِ الْمُتَسَلِّلِينَ فِي ظَلَامِ اللَّيْلِ.
The barbed-wire fence that surrounded the camp was not enough to deter intruders in the dark of night.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سِياجٌ | أَسْيِجَةٌ |
| Genitive | سِياجٍ | أَسْيِجَةٍ |
| Accusative | سِياجًا | أَسْيِجَةً |
| Vocative | يَا سِياجُ | يَا أَسْيِجَةُ |
Word family
سَيَّجَto fence in, enclose
تَسْيِيجthe act of fencing or enclosing
مُسَيَّجfenced, enclosed
سِياجاتfences (colloquial plural)
Etymology
سِياج comes from the Arabic root س-ي-ج (s-y-j). The related verb سَيَّجَ means to fence in or enclose. The noun follows the فِعال pattern, a common shape for the result or object of an action. This is a native Semitic root, not an Indo-European one, so no PIE root or cognates apply.
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