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غابَة
forest /ˈɣaːba/
nounA2#909 most common
Also: woods, jungle
Example sentences
الغابةُ كبيرةٌ.
The forest is big.
نُحِبُّ المَشيَ في الغابةِ.
We like walking in the forest.
تَعيشُ حيواناتٌ كثيرةٌ في هذه الغابةِ.
Many animals live in this forest.
أحرقَ الحريقُ مساحاتٍ واسعةً من الغابةِ.
The fire burned wide areas of the forest.
تُسهمُ الغاباتُ المطيرةُ في تنظيمِ مناخِ الأرضِ.
Rainforests help regulate the planet's climate.
حذّرَ العلماءُ من أنّ إزالةَ الغاباتِ تُهدّدُ التنوّعَ البيولوجيَّ وتُفاقمُ أزمةَ المناخ.
Scientists warned that deforestation threatens biodiversity and worsens the climate crisis.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | غابةٌ | غاباتٌ |
| Genitive | غابةٍ | غاباتٍ |
| Accusative | غابةً | غاباتٍ |
| Vocative | يا غابةُ | يا غاباتُ |
Word family
غاباتforests (plural)
غابيّforest-related, of the woods
حَرَجdense woodland, thicketغَيْضةthicket, dense grove
أَدْغالjungle, dense bush
Etymology
غابة comes from the Arabic root غ-ي-ب, which means to be absent or hidden. A forest was understood as a place dense enough to conceal what lies within it. The weak middle letter of the root surfaces as the long alif in the word. The standard plural is غابات.
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