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شِتاء
winter /ʃɪˈtaːʔ/
nounB1#2415 most common
Also: wintertime, the rainy season (in Levantine/North African usage)
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ الشِتاءَ.
I love winter.
الجَوُّ بارِدٌ في الشِتاءِ.
The weather is cold in winter.
تَسْقُطُ الثُلوجُ في فَصْلِ الشِتاءِ.
Snow falls in the winter season.
يُفَضِّلُ كَثيرٌ مِنَ الناسِ شُرْبَ الشايِ الساخِنِ في الشِتاءِ.
Many people prefer drinking hot tea in winter.
يَزْدادُ اِستِهلاكُ الطاقَةِ بِشَكلٍ كَبيرٍ خِلالَ أَشْهُرِ الشِتاءِ القارِسَةِ البَرْدِ.
Energy consumption rises sharply during the bitterly cold winter months.
لَطالَما اِرْتَبَطَ الشِتاءُ في المُخَيِّلَةِ الأَدَبِيَّةِ بِالعُزْلَةِ وَالتَأَمُّلِ الداخِلِيِّ.
Winter has long been tied, in the literary imagination, to isolation and inward reflection.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شِتاءٌ | أَشْتِيَةٌ |
| Genitive | شِتاءٍ | أَشْتِيَةٍ |
| Accusative | شِتاءً | أَشْتِيَةً |
| Vocative | يا شِتاءُ | يا أَشْتِيَةُ |
Word family
شَتَوِيّwintry, of winter
شَتاto spend the winter, to turn wintry
مَشْتًىa winter residence or resort
تَشْتِيةthe act of wintering, spending the cold season somewhere
Etymology
شِتاء comes from the Semitic root ش-ت-و, tied to the idea of a season passing or of weather turning. The same root gives the verb شَتا, meaning to spend or pass the winter. Arabic shares this root with other Semitic languages, though the exact season it points to has shifted over time and place.
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