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طَيْر
birds; fowl (collective noun) /ˈtˤajr/
nounA2#1144 most common
Also: a bird, fowl, flock of birds
Example sentences
أَرَى طَيْرًا فِي السَّمَاءِ.
I see a bird in the sky.
يُحِبُّ الطِّفْلُ صَوْتَ الطَّيْرِ فِي الصَّبَاحِ.
The child loves the sound of the bird in the morning.
حَلَّقَ الطَّيْرُ عَالِيًا فَوْقَ الْأَشْجَارِ.
The bird soared high above the trees.
طَيْرٌ فِي الْيَدِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عَشَرَةٍ عَلَى الشَّجَرَةِ.
A bird in the hand is better than ten on the tree.
تُهَاجِرُ أَسْرَابُ الطَّيْرِ نَحْوَ الْجَنُوبِ مَعَ بِدَايَةِ الشِّتَاءِ.
Flocks of birds migrate south at the start of winter.
لَمْ يَبْقَ فِي الْأُفُقِ سِوَى طَيْرٍ وَحِيدٍ يَشُقُّ عَنَانَ السَّمَاءِ، كَأَنَّهُ نَذِيرٌ بِمَا هُوَ آتٍ.
Nothing remained on the horizon but a lone bird cleaving the heights of the sky, as if an omen of what was to come.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | طَيْرٌ | طُيُورٌ |
| Genitive | طَيْرٍ | طُيُورٍ |
| Accusative | طَيْرًا | طُيُورًا |
| Vocative | يا طَيْرُ | يا طُيُورُ |
Word family
Etymology
طَيْر comes from the Semitic root ط-ي-ر, which carries the sense of flight. It began as a verbal noun for the act of flying, then settled into a collective noun for birds. The singular is طائِر, and the broken plurals are طُيُور and أطْيار.
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