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شاحِنَة
truck /ˈʃaː.ħi.na/
nounA2#711 most common
Also: lorry, freight truck, HGV
Example sentences
هذِهِ شاحِنَةٌ كَبيرَةٌ.
This is a big truck.
يَقودُ أَبي شاحِنَةً كُلَّ يَوم.
My father drives a truck every day.
نَقَلَتِ الشّاحِنَةُ البَضائِعَ إلى السّوق.
The truck transported the goods to the market.
اِصطَدَمَتِ الشّاحِنَةُ بِسَيّارَةٍ صَغيرَةٍ على الطَّريقِ السَّريع.
The truck collided with a small car on the highway.
تُخضِعُ الشَّرِكَةُ كُلَّ شاحِنَةٍ لِفَحصٍ دَوريٍّ قَبلَ تَحميلِها بِالبَضائِع.
The company puts every truck through a periodic inspection before loading it with goods.
لَولا الشّاحِناتُ الَّتي تَجوبُ الطُّرُقَ ليلاً لَتَوَقَّفَت سَلاسِلُ التَّوريدِ عَنِ العَمَل.
Were it not for the trucks that roam the roads at night, the supply chains would grind to a halt.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شاحِنَةٌ | شاحِناتٌ |
| Genitive | شاحِنَةٍ | شاحِناتٍ |
| Accusative | شاحِنَةً | شاحِناتٍ |
| Vocative | يا شاحِنَةُ | يا شاحِناتُ |
Word family
شَحَنَto load, to freight, to charge
شَحْنshipping, freight, chargingشُحْنَةcargo, shipment; electric charge
شاحِنcharger (device)
مَشحونloaded, charged
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root ش ح ن (sh-ḥ-n), which means to load, to freight, or to charge. شاحِنة is the feminine active participle of the verb شَحَنَ, so it literally names the thing that does the loading. Modern Arabic fixed the term on the road vehicle that hauls cargo.
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