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عَمُود
pole, pillar, column /ʕaˈmuːd/
nounB1#2562 most common
Also: post (electric/lamp), column (of text), spinal column (in عمود فقري)
Example sentences
هَذَا عَمُودٌ طَوِيلٌ.
This is a tall pole.
العَمُودُ الكَهْرَبَائِيُّ أَمَامَ البَيْتِ.
The electric pole is in front of the house.
كَسَرَتِ العَاصِفَةُ عَمُودَ الإِنَارَةِ.
The storm broke the lamp post.
يُعَانِي مِنْ إِصَابَةٍ فِي العَمُودِ الفَقَرِيِّ.
He suffers from an injury to his spinal column.
يَكْتُبُ عَمُوداً أُسْبُوعِيّاً فِي الصَّحِيفَةِ.
He writes a weekly column in the newspaper.
يُشَكِّلُ العَمُودُ الفَقَرِيُّ لِلاقْتِصَادِ الوَطَنِيِّ رَكِيزَةً أَسَاسِيَّةً لِلتَّنْمِيَةِ المُسْتَدَامَةِ.
The backbone of the national economy forms an essential pillar for sustainable development.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عَمُودٌ | أَعْمِدَةٌ |
| Genitive | عَمُودٍ | أَعْمِدَةٍ |
| Accusative | عَمُوداً | أَعْمِدَةً |
| Vocative | يَا عَمُودُ | يَا أَعْمِدَةُ |
Word family
عَمِيدdean; commander; senior figure
اِعْتِمَادreliance; accreditation
عُمْدَةvillage headman; mainstayمُعْتَمَدaccredited; relied upon
تَعَمَّدَto do deliberately, premeditate
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ʿ-m-d, which carries the sense of propping up, supporting, or relying on something. A pole or column is, in this logic, the physical thing a structure leans on. The same root gives Arabic words for reliance and accreditation, since to rely on someone is to treat them as your support.
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