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شَجَرَة
tree /ˈʃa.d͡ʒa.ra/
nounA2#829 most common
Also: shrub, tree diagram (as in family tree)
Example sentences
هَذِهِ شَجَرَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ.
This is a big tree.
أَجْلِسُ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ.
I sit under the tree.
فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ شَجَرَةٌ تُثْمِرُ بُرْتُقَالًا.
In the garden there is a tree that bears oranges.
زَرَعَ جَدِّي هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ قَبْلَ خَمْسِينَ عَامًا.
My grandfather planted this tree fifty years ago.
تُعَدُّ الشَّجَرَةُ رَمْزًا لِلْحَيَاةِ فِي كَثِيرٍ مِنَ الثَّقَافَاتِ.
The tree is regarded as a symbol of life in many cultures.
لَوْلَا ظِلُّ تِلْكَ الشَّجَرَةِ الْوَارِفَةِ لَمَا تَحَمَّلْنَا حَرَّ الظَّهِيرَةِ.
Were it not for the shade of that lush tree, we would not have endured the midday heat.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شَجَرَةٌ | أَشْجَارٌ |
| Genitive | شَجَرَةٍ | أَشْجَارٍ |
| Accusative | شَجَرَةً | أَشْجَارًا |
| Vocative | يَا شَجَرَةُ | يَا أَشْجَارُ |
Word family
شَجَرtrees, woody plants (collective)
أَشْجَارtrees (plural)
شُجَيْرَةsmall tree, shrub (diminutive)
شَجَّرَto plant with trees, afforest
مُشَجَّرwooded; patterned with tree shapes
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root ش-ج-ر, which carries the sense of woody growth and of branches that intertwine. The base form شَجَر is a collective meaning trees or woody plants. Adding the suffix ة forms the unit noun شَجَرَة, meaning one single tree.
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