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عُود
stick (a piece of wood, rod) /ˈʕuːd/
nounB1#1623 most common
Also: oud (the lute), agarwood incense (oud), twig, branch
Example sentences
هٰذَا عُودٌ.
This is a stick.
كَسَرَ الْوَلَدُ الْعُودَ.
The boy broke the stick.
يَعْزِفُ جَدِّي عَلَى الْعُودِ كُلَّ مَسَاءٍ.
My grandfather plays the oud every evening.
جَمَعَتِ الطِّفْلَةُ أَعْوَادًا صَغِيرَةً لِتُشْعِلَ النَّارَ.
The little girl gathered small sticks to light the fire.
اِشْتَرَيْتُ عُودًا غَالِيًا لِأَحْرِقَهُ كَبَخُورٍ فِي الضِّيَافَةِ.
I bought expensive agarwood to burn as incense for guests.
رَائِحَةُ الْعُودِ الْفَاخِرِ تَمْلَأُ الْمَجْلِسَ كُلَّمَا حَلَّتْ مُنَاسَبَةٌ كَرِيمَةٌ.
The scent of fine oud fills the sitting room whenever a generous occasion arrives.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عُودٌ | أَعْوَادٌ |
| Genitive | عُودٍ | أَعْوَادٍ |
| Accusative | عُودًا | أَعْوَادًا |
| Vocative | يَا عُودُ | يَا أَعْوَادُ |
Word family
أَعْوَادsticks (plural)
عَوَّادٌoud player, lutenist
عَادَto return
عِيدfestival, feastعَادَةhabit, custom
Etymology
عُود comes from the Semitic root ع-و-د, tied to ideas of wood and the slender forms cut from it. The same word came to name the lute, whose body and neck are built from wood. Arabic al-ʿūd passed into Europe through Spain, giving Spanish laúd, Italian liuto, and English lute.
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