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فِضَّة
silver /ˈfɪdˤdˤɑ/
nounB2#4102 most common
Also: silver coin, money (informal)
Example sentences
هذا خاتم من فضة.
This is a ring made of silver.
اشتريت سواراً من الفضة.
I bought a bracelet made of silver.
سعر الفضة ارتفع هذا الشهر.
The price of silver rose this month.
تُستخدم الفضة في صناعة المجوهرات والأواني.
Silver is used to make jewelry and utensils.
كانت الفضة تُستخدم كعملة في العصور الوسطى.
Silver was used as currency in the Middle Ages.
تتميز الفضة بموصليتها الكهربائية العالية مقارنة بالمعادن الأخرى.
Silver stands out for its high electrical conductivity compared with other metals.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فِضَّةٌ | None |
| Genitive | فِضَّةٍ | None |
| Accusative | فِضَّةً | None |
| Vocative | يا فِضَّةُ | None |
Word family
فِضّيsilver, silvery (made of or colored like silver)
مُفَضَّضsilver-plated
تفضيضthe process of silver-plating
فَضّto break open, split
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root ف-ض-ض (f-ḍ-ḍ), which carries the basic sense of breaking apart or scattering. One theory holds that silver took this name because early traders cut or broke it into pieces for use as currency. This makes Arabic unusual among Semitic languages: most others, including Hebrew and Akkadian, use a form of the root k-s-p for silver, while Arabic relies on this separate root instead.
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