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عاصِفَة
storm /ˈʕaː.sˤi.fa/
nounB1#1524 most common
Also: tempest, gale
Example sentences
هَذِهِ عاصِفَة قَوِيَّة.
This is a strong storm.
الْعاصِفَة قادِمَة الْيَوْم.
The storm is coming today.
أَغْلَقْنا النَّوافِذ قَبْلَ الْعاصِفَة.
We closed the windows before the storm.
دَمَّرَتِ الْعاصِفَة كَثِيرًا مِنَ الْأَشْجار فِي الْقَرْيَة.
The storm destroyed many of the trees in the village.
حَذَّرَتْ هَيْئَةُ الْأَرْصاد مِنْ عاصِفَة رَمْلِيَّة تَقْتَرِبُ مِنَ الْعاصِمَة.
The weather authority warned of a sandstorm approaching the capital.
بَدَتِ الْمُفاوَضاتُ هادِئَةً عَلَى السَّطْح، لَكِنَّها كانَتْ عاصِفَة فِي حَقِيقَتِها.
The negotiations seemed calm on the surface, but in truth they were stormy.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عاصِفَةٌ | عَواصِفُ |
| Genitive | عاصِفَةٍ | عَواصِفَ |
| Accusative | عاصِفَةً | عَواصِفَ |
| Vocative | يا عاصِفَةُ | يا عَواصِفُ |
Word family
عاصِفstormy, raging
عَصَفَto blow violently
عَواصِفstorms (plural)
عَصْفchaff, dry husks
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root ع-ص-ف, which carries the sense of wind blowing violently. The verb عَصَفَ means to blow hard. عاصِف is the active participle, stormy or blowing, and عاصِفَة is its feminine form, used as a noun for a storm.
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