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صَيْحَة
a shout /ˈsˤajħa/
nounB2#3929 most common
Also: cry, scream, outcry, blast (eschatological)
Example sentences
سَمِعْتُ صَيْحَةً فِي الشَّارِعِ.
I heard a shout in the street.
أَطْلَقَ الوَلَدُ صَيْحَةَ فَرَحٍ.
The boy let out a shout of joy.
صَيْحَةُ الفَرَحِ مَلَأَتِ المَلْعَبَ بَعْدَ الهَدَفِ.
The shout of joy filled the stadium after the goal.
ارْتَفَعَتْ صَيْحَاتُ الاحْتِجَاجِ فِي المَدِينَةِ.
Shouts of protest rose up in the city.
أَطْلَقَتِ الجَمَاهِيرُ صَيْحَةَ اسْتِهْجَانٍ عِنْدَمَا انْسَحَبَ اللَّاعِبُ.
The crowd let out a jeer when the player withdrew.
يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ الصَّيْحَةَ بِالْحَقِّ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ الْخُرُوجِ.
The day they hear the Blast in truth, that is the Day of Emergence.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | صَيْحَةٌ | صَيْحَاتٌ |
| Genitive | صَيْحَةٍ | صَيْحَاتٍ |
| Accusative | صَيْحَةً | صَيْحَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا صَيْحَةُ | يَا صَيْحَاتُ |
Word family
صَاحَto shout, cry out
صِيَاحshouting, screaming
صَائِحone who shouts, a crier
صَيْحَاتshouts (plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ص-ي-ح (ṣ-y-ḥ), meaning to cry out or shout. صَيْحَة follows the faʿlah pattern, which Arabic grammar uses to mark a single instance of an action, so it means one shout rather than shouting in general. The same root gives the verb صَاحَ (to shout) and the mass noun صِيَاح (shouting, screaming).
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