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قَمَر
moon /ˈqa.mar/
nounA2#1087 most common
Also: full moon, satellite (in قَمَر صِناعي), beauty (as a term of endearment)
Example sentences
القَمَرُ جَميلٌ.
The moon is beautiful.
أُحِبُّ القَمَرَ في اللَّيلِ.
I love the moon at night.
يَظهَرُ القَمَرُ في السَّماءِ كُلَّ لَيلةٍ.
The moon appears in the sky every night.
أُطلِقَ قَمَرٌ صِناعيٌّ جَديدٌ إلى الفَضاءِ.
A new artificial satellite was launched into space.
يَنعَكِسُ ضَوءُ القَمَرِ على صَفحةِ البَحرِ الهادِئِ.
The moonlight reflects on the surface of the calm sea.
قيلَ إنَّ وَجهَها كانَ كالقَمَرِ في تَمامِهِ، يَأسِرُ كُلَّ مَن يَراهُ.
It was said that her face was like the full moon, captivating everyone who saw it.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قَمَرٌ | أَقْمارٌ |
| Genitive | قَمَرٍ | أَقْمارٍ |
| Accusative | قَمَراً | أَقْماراً |
| Vocative | يا قَمَرُ | يا أَقْمارُ |
Word family
أَقْمارmoons; satellites (plural)
قَمَريlunar
قَمَر صِناعيartificial satellite
أَقْمَرmoonlit; bright white
مُقْمِرmoonlit (of a night)
Etymology
قَمَر comes from the Semitic triliteral root q-m-r, tied to ideas of whiteness and pale light. The related Arabic verb أَقْمَرَ means to shine white or to be moonlit, and the adjective أَقْمَر describes something bright white. Classical Arabic separates the moon's phases by name: هِلال for the crescent, بَدْر for the full moon, and قَمَر for the moon in general.
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