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شَرِيحَة
slice /ʃaˈriː.ħa/
nounB1#2175 most common
Also: thin cut (of meat, bread), microchip / silicon chip, segment
Example sentences
أَكَلْتُ شَرِيحَة خُبْز.
I ate a slice of bread.
أُرِيدُ شَرِيحَة مِنَ الجُبْن.
I want a slice of cheese.
وَضَعَتِ الطَّبَّاخَة شَرِيحَة لَحْم عَلَى الطَّبَق.
The cook put a slice of meat on the plate.
اِشْتَرَيْتُ شَرِيحَة هَاتِف جَدِيدَة لِأَنَّ الْقَدِيمَة تَعَطَّلَتْ.
I bought a new SIM card because the old one broke.
يَفْحَصُ الطَّبِيبُ شَرِيحَة الدَّمِ تَحْتَ الْمِجْهَرِ لِتَشْخِيصِ الْمَرَضِ.
The doctor examines the blood slide under the microscope to diagnose the disease.
تُصَنَّعُ كُلُّ شَرِيحَة إِلِكْتُرُونِيَّة مِنَ السِّيلِيكُونِ فِي بِيئَةٍ خَالِيَةٍ تَمَامًا مِنَ الْغُبَارِ.
Every electronic chip is manufactured from silicon in an environment completely free of dust.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شَرِيحَةٌ | شَرَائِحُ |
| Genitive | شَرِيحَةٍ | شَرَائِحَ |
| Accusative | شَرِيحَةً | شَرَائِحَ |
| Vocative | يَا شَرِيحَةُ | يَا شَرَائِحُ |
Word family
شَرَائِحslices, chips (plural)
شَرَحَto explain, cut open
تَشْرِيحdissection, anatomyشَرِيحِيّlamellar, slice-shaped
Etymology
The word derives from the triliteral Arabic root sh-r-ḥ (ش ر ح), whose core sense is to cut open, split, or lay something out flat. A شَرِيحَة is a thin piece cut from a larger whole. The same root gives the verb شَرَحَ, to explain, from the older sense of opening a thing up to view.
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