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غَوّاصَة
submarine /ɣawˈwaː.sˤa/
nounB2#3688 most common
Also: female diver, diving vessel
Example sentences
هَذِهِ غَوَّاصَةٌ.
This is a submarine.
الغَوَّاصَةُ كَبِيرَةٌ وَسَوْدَاءُ.
The submarine is big and black.
تَغُوصُ الغَوَّاصَةُ تَحْتَ الْمَاءِ لِسَاعَاتٍ طَوِيلَةٍ.
The submarine dives underwater for many hours.
تَعْمَلُ الْبَحْرِيَّةُ عَلَى تَطْوِيرِ غَوَّاصَاتٍ جَدِيدَةٍ.
The navy is working on developing new submarines.
اِصْطَدَمَتِ الْغَوَّاصَةُ بِصَخْرَةٍ تَحْتَ سَطْحِ الْبَحْرِ.
The submarine collided with a rock beneath the sea's surface.
تُعَدُّ الْغَوَّاصَاتُ النَّوَوِيَّةُ مِنْ أَخْطَرِ الْأَسْلِحَةِ الِاسْتِرَاتِيجِيَّةِ فِي التَّرْسَانَةِ الْعَسْكَرِيَّةِ الْحَدِيثَةِ.
Nuclear submarines rank among the most dangerous strategic weapons in a modern military arsenal.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | غَوَّاصَةٌ | غَوَّاصَاتٌ |
| Genitive | غَوَّاصَةٍ | غَوَّاصَاتٍ |
| Accusative | غَوَّاصَةً | غَوَّاصَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا غَوَّاصَةُ | يَا غَوَّاصَاتُ |
Word family
غَاصَto dive, to submerge
غَوْصdiving, the act of submerging
غَوَّاصdiver (male)
غَوَّاصَاتsubmarines (plural)
مَغَاصَةdiving site, place for pearl diving
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root غ-و-ص (gh-w-ص), tied to the verb غَاصَ, meaning to dive or sink beneath the surface. From this root Arabic forms غَوَّاص, an intensive agent noun on the فَعَّال pattern, meaning a diver, someone who dives as a repeated or professional act. Adding the feminine ending ة gives غَوَّاصَة, which in the 20th century became the standard Arabic term for the submarine, a vessel that performs the same action of diving, on a much larger scale.
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