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عُشْب
grass /ˈʕuʃb/
nounB1#2036 most common
Also: herb, herbage, green vegetation
Example sentences
العُشْب أخْضَر.
The grass is green.
أَجْلِسُ عَلى العُشْب.
I sit on the grass.
تَأْكُلُ الأَبْقارُ العُشْبَ في الحَقْل.
The cows eat the grass in the field.
بَعْدَ المَطَر نَما العُشْبُ بِسُرْعَة.
After the rain the grass grew quickly.
يَغْطي العُشْبُ الكَثيفُ سَفْحَ الجَبَلِ في الرَّبيع.
Thick grass covers the mountain slope in spring.
لَوْلا شُحُّ الأَمْطارِ لَما ذَبُلَ العُشْبُ الذي كانَ يَكْسو الوادي.
Had it not been for the scarce rains, the grass that used to clothe the valley would not have withered.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عُشْبٌ | أَعْشابٌ |
| Genitive | عُشْبٍ | أَعْشابٍ |
| Accusative | عُشْباً | أَعْشاباً |
| Vocative | يا عُشْبُ | يا أَعْشابُ |
Word family
أَعْشابherbs, plants
عُشْبِيّherbal, herbaceous
أَعْشَبَto become grassy, to grow green
مُعْشِبgrassy, verdant
عَشّابherbalist, seller of herbs
Etymology
The word comes from the common Semitic root ʿ-sh-b, tied to green plants and pasture. It appears across the family with the same basic sense of growing herbage. Arabic keeps the sound shin where some sister languages show a related sibilant.
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