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صُنْدُوق
box /sˤunˈduːq/
nounA1#616 most common
Also: chest, trunk, fund
Example sentences
الصُّنْدُوقُ كَبِيرٌ.
The box is big.
وَضَعْتُ الكُتُبَ فِي الصُّنْدُوقِ.
I put the books in the box.
هَلْ يُمْكِنُكَ أَنْ تَفْتَحَ هٰذَا الصُّنْدُوقَ الثَّقِيلَ؟
Can you open this heavy box?
وَضَعَ النّاسُ أَصْوَاتَهُمْ فِي صُنْدُوقِ الاقْتِرَاعِ.
The people put their votes in the ballot box.
تَبَرَّعَ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ المُتَطَوِّعِينَ لِصُنْدُوقِ دَعْمِ اللاجِئِينَ.
Many of the volunteers donated to the fund supporting refugees.
اكْتَشَفَ الأَثَرِيُّونَ صُنْدُوقاً خَشَبِيّاً مَنْقُوشاً يَعُودُ إِلَى العَصْرِ المَمْلُوكِيِّ.
The archaeologists discovered a carved wooden chest dating to the Mamluk era.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | صُنْدُوقٌ | صَنَادِيقُ |
| Genitive | صُنْدُوقٍ | صَنَادِيقَ |
| Accusative | صُنْدُوقاً | صَنَادِيقَ |
| Vocative | صُنْدُوقُ | صَنَادِيقُ |
Word family
صَنَادِيق (ṣanādīq)boxes (plural)
صُنْدُوق البَرِيد (ṣundūq al-barīd)post-office box, mailbox
صُنْدُوق الاقْتِرَاع (ṣundūq al-iqtirāʿ)ballot box
صُنْدُوق النَّقْد (ṣundūq an-naqd)monetary fund
صُنَيْدِيق (ṣunaydīq)little box (diminutive)
Etymology
Lexicographers generally treat صُنْدُوق as a loanword of uncertain origin rather than a native Arabic formation. Its ultimate source is debated, with some scholars proposing a Greek route. From Arabic the word spread widely, entering Turkish, Persian, Swahili, and the languages of South Asia.
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