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فاكِهَة
fruit /ˈfaː.ki.ha/
nounB1#2664 most common
Also: a piece of fruit, fruits (as a food category)
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ الفاكِهَةَ.
I love fruit.
هذِهِ الفاكِهَةُ لَذيذَةٌ.
This fruit is delicious.
أَشْتَري الفَواكِهَ مِنَ السّوقِ كُلَّ أُسْبوعٍ.
I buy fruit from the market every week.
تَحْتَوي الفاكِهَةُ عَلى الكَثيرِ مِنَ الفيتاميناتِ.
Fruit contains a lot of vitamins.
يُفَضِّلُ الأَطِبّاءُ أَنْ نَتَناوَلَ الفَواكِهَ الطازَجَةَ بَدَلاً مِنَ العَصائِرِ المُصَنَّعَةِ.
Doctors prefer that we eat fresh fruit instead of processed juices.
عَلى الرَّغْمِ مِنَ ارْتِفاعِ أَسْعارِ الفَواكِهِ الاسْتِوائِيَّةِ، يَظَلُّ الطَّلَبُ عَلَيْها مُرْتَفِعاً في الأَسْواقِ العالَمِيَّةِ.
Despite the rise in prices of tropical fruits, demand for them remains high in global markets.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فاكِهَةٌ | فَواكِهُ |
| Genitive | فاكِهَةٍ | فَواكِهَ |
| Accusative | فاكِهَةً | فَواكِهَ |
| Vocative | يا فاكِهَةُ | يا فَواكِهُ |
Word family
فَواكِهfruits (plural)
فُكاهةhumor, comedy
فَكِهwitty, jovial
فاكِهانِيّfruit seller, greengrocer
تَفَكُّهjesting, amusing oneself
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root f-k-h (ف ك ه), which carries the sense of delight, mirth, and pleasant enjoyment. Fruit was classed as a food eaten for pleasure rather than necessity, unlike grain or bread, and the same root gives words for humor and joking. This is a native Semitic root with no connection to Indo-European vocabulary.
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