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عِنَب
grapes /ˈʕɪ.nab/
nounB2#4040 most common
Also: grape (as a mass/collective noun)
Example sentences
هذا عِنَب.
This is grapes.
أحب أكل العِنَب كثيرًا.
I love eating grapes a lot.
اشتريت كيلو عِنَب من السوق.
I bought a kilo of grapes from the market.
يزرع الفلاح العِنَب في هذه المنطقة منذ سنوات طويلة.
The farmer has grown grapes in this region for many years.
يُستخرج عصير العِنَب ثم يُخمَّر لصنع النبيذ.
Grape juice is extracted and then fermented to make wine.
تشتهر هذه الجبال بكرومها التي تنتج أجود أنواع العِنَب المستخدم في صناعة الدبس والخل.
These mountains are known for their vineyards, which produce the finest grapes used to make molasses and vinegar.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عِنَبٌ | أَعْنَابٌ |
| Genitive | عِنَبٍ | أَعْنَابٍ |
| Accusative | عِنَباً | أَعْنَاباً |
| Vocative | يا عِنَبُ | يا أَعْنَابُ |
Word family
عِنَبgrapes (collective)
عِنَبةa single grape
عِنَبيgrape-flavored, of grapes
أَعْنَابgrapes, grape varieties (plural)
Etymology
عِنَب comes from the Semitic root ع-ن-ب (ʿ-n-b), which denoted the grape and the grapevine across the ancient Near East. The word is old and shared, not borrowed from a later source. It is unrelated to Indo-European vocabulary, so no Indo-European root applies here.
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