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ضَوْء
light /ˈdˤawʔ/
nounA1#668 most common
Also: illumination, glow, gleam
Example sentences
ضَوْءُ الشَّمْسِ قَوِيٌّ.
The sunlight is strong.
أَطْفِئْ ضَوْءَ الغُرْفَةِ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ.
Turn off the room light, please.
دَخَلَ ضَوْءُ القَمَرِ مِنَ النّافِذَةِ.
The moonlight came in through the window.
لا أَسْتَطيعُ القِراءَةَ في هٰذا الضَّوْءِ الخافِتِ.
I cannot read in this dim light.
يَنْتَقِلُ الضَّوْءُ أَسْرَعَ مِنَ الصَّوْتِ.
Light travels faster than sound.
في عَتْمَةِ الأَزْمَةِ، بَدا أَيُّ ضَوْءِ أَمَلٍ بَعيدًا.
In the darkness of the crisis, any light of hope seemed distant.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ضَوْءٌ | أَضْواءٌ |
| Genitive | ضَوْءٍ | أَضْواءٍ |
| Accusative | ضَوْءًا | أَضْواءً |
| Vocative | يا ضَوْءُ | يا أَضْواءُ |
Word family
ضاءَto shine
أَضاءَto illuminate
إِضاءَةlighting, illuminationمُضيءluminous, bright
أَضْواءlights (plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic triconsonantal root ḍ-w-ʔ, which carries the sense of shining and giving off light. It is tied to the verb ضاءَ, "to shine," and names the light itself. The plural is أَضْواء. There is no Indo-European root, since the word is Semitic.
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