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عَرُوس
bride /ʕaˈruːs/
nounB1#2595 most common
Also: bridegroom (classical/dialectal use of the same form)
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ عَرُوسٌ جَمِيلَةٌ.
This is a beautiful bride.
العَرُوسُ تَرْتَدِي فُسْتَانًا أَبْيَضَ.
The bride is wearing a white dress.
رَأَيْتُ العَرُوسَ فِي حَفْلِ الزِّفَافِ أَمْسِ.
I saw the bride at the wedding party yesterday.
كَانَتِ العَرُوسُ تَبْتَسِمُ وَهِيَ تَدْخُلُ قَاعَةَ الأَفْرَاحِ.
The bride was smiling as she entered the wedding hall.
تَتَبَادَلُ العَرَائِسُ فِي هٰذِهِ القَرْيَةِ الهَدَايَا التَّقْلِيدِيَّةَ قَبْلَ الزِّفَافِ.
Brides in this village exchange traditional gifts before the wedding.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنَ التَّعَبِ، ظَلَّتِ العَرُوسُ مُحْتَفِظَةً بِرَبَاطَةِ جَأْشِهَا طَوَالَ لَيْلَةِ العُرْسِ الطَّوِيلَةِ.
Despite her fatigue, the bride kept her composure throughout the long wedding night.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عَرُوسٌ | عَرَائِسُ |
| Genitive | عَرُوسٍ | عَرَائِسَ |
| Accusative | عَرُوسًا | عَرَائِسَ |
| Vocative | يَا عَرُوسُ | يَا عَرَائِسُ |
Word family
عُرْسwedding, wedding feast
عَرِيسbridegroom (colloquial)
عَرَائِسbrides (plural)
عَرَّسَto hold a wedding celebration
Etymology
Arabic عَرُوس comes from the triliteral Semitic root ع-ر-س (ʿ-r-s), which centers on marriage and the wedding event. The same root gives عُرْس (wedding, wedding feast) and, in spoken dialects, عَرِيس (groom). The noun follows the فَعُول pattern, a template often used for a person defined by a role or state, here fixed in meaning as bride.
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