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غَرَق
drowning /ɣaˈraq/
nounB2#3977 most common
Also: sinking, death by drowning
Example sentences
الغَرَقُ خَطَرٌ.
Drowning is a danger.
خَطَرُ الغَرَقِ كَبِيرٌ فِي البَحْرِ.
The danger of drowning is great at sea.
أَنْقَذَ الرَّجُلُ الطِّفْلَ مِنَ الغَرَقِ.
The man saved the child from drowning.
تُوُفِّيَ الصَّيَّادُ غَرَقًا بَعْدَ أَنِ انْقَلَبَ قَارِبُهُ.
The fisherman died of drowning after his boat capsized.
حَذَّرَتِ السُّلُطَاتُ مِنْ خَطَرِ الغَرَقِ فِي الشَّوَاطِئِ غَيْرِ المُراقَبَة.
The authorities warned of the danger of drowning at unsupervised beaches.
يُعَدُّ الغَرَقُ أَحَدَ أَكْثَرِ أَسْبَابِ الوَفَاةِ شُيُوعًا بَيْنَ الأَطْفَالِ دُونَ سِنِّ الخَامِسَةِ فِي مَناطِقَ كَثِيرَةٍ مِنَ العَالَمِ.
Drowning is one of the most common causes of death among children under five in many parts of the world.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | غَرَقٌ | |
| Genitive | غَرَقٍ | |
| Accusative | غَرَقًا | |
| Vocative | يا غَرَقُ |
Word family
غَرِقَto drown, to sink
غارِقdrowning, sunk, submerged
غَرِيقa drowning victim, a drowned person
إغْراقinundation; economic dumping
أَغْرَقَto sink something, to flood or inundate
Etymology
غَرَق is the masdar, or verbal noun, of the Arabic verb غَرِقَ, meaning to drown or sink. It comes from the triliteral Semitic root غ-ر-ق (gh-r-q), which carries the core sense of submersion in water. Arabic is a Semitic language, not Indo-European, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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