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شَمْس
sun /ˈʃams/
nounA2#849 most common
Also: sunlight, sunshine
Example sentences
الشَّمْسُ كَبِيرَةٌ.
The sun is big.
تَشْرُقُ الشَّمْسُ فِي الصَّبَاحِ.
The sun rises in the morning.
نَجْلِسُ تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ عَلَى الشَّاطِئِ.
We sit under the sun on the beach.
غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ خَلْفَ الجِبَالِ بِبُطْءٍ.
The sun set slowly behind the mountains.
تُعَدُّ الشَّمْسُ مَصْدَرَ الطَّاقَةِ الرَّئِيسِيَّ لِكَوْكَبِنَا.
The sun is considered the main energy source for our planet.
عِنْدَمَا بَزَغَتْ أَوَّلُ خُيُوطِ الشَّمْسِ، تَبَدَّدَتْ ظِلَالُ اللَّيْلِ عَنِ الوَادِي.
When the first threads of the sun appeared, the shadows of night scattered from the valley.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شَمْسٌ | شُمُوسٌ |
| Genitive | شَمْسٍ | شُمُوسٍ |
| Accusative | شَمْسًا | شُمُوسًا |
| Vocative | يا شَمْسُ | يا شُمُوسُ |
Word family
Etymology
شَمْس descends from a common Semitic word for the sun. The same root turns up across the family, from Akkadian to Hebrew. Arabic kept the noun feminine, as several older Semitic languages did. It has no tie to Indo-European.
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