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صارُوخ

rocket /sˤaːˈruːx/

nounB1#2200 most common

Also: missile, space rocket

Example sentences

هٰذا صاروخ.
This is a rocket.
الصاروخ كبير وسريع جداً.
The rocket is big and very fast.
أطلقت الدولة صاروخاً إلى الفضاء.
The country launched a rocket into space.
انفجر الصاروخ قبل أن يصل إلى هدفه.
The rocket exploded before it reached its target.
يعمل المهندسون على تطوير صاروخ قادر على حمل الأقمار الصناعية.
The engineers are working on developing a rocket able to carry satellites.
يمثّل الصاروخ الباليستي العابر للقارات تهديداً استراتيجياً يصعب اعتراضه.
The intercontinental ballistic missile represents a strategic threat that is hard to intercept.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeصاروخٌصواريخُ
Genitiveصاروخٍصواريخَ
Accusativeصاروخاًصواريخَ
Vocativeيا صاروخُيا صواريخُ

Word family

صواريخrockets, missiles (plural)
صاروخيrocket-related, missile-borne
صَرَخَto scream, to shout
صَرْخَةa scream, a cry
صُراخscreaming, shouting

Etymology

The word derives from the Arabic root ص-ر-خ, which carries the sense of shouting or screaming. A rocket takes the name from the roaring, screeching sound it makes in flight. The modern technical meaning, a self-propelled missile or launch vehicle, developed in the twentieth century.

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