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قِرْش
shark /ˈqɪrʃ/
nounB1#2201 most common
Also: piastre (a small currency unit), qirsh
Example sentences
هٰذا قِرْشٌ كَبيرٌ.
This is a big shark.
القِرْشُ يَعيشُ في البَحْرِ.
The shark lives in the sea.
رَأَيْنا قِرْشاً بِالقُرْبِ مِنَ الشّاطِئِ.
We saw a shark near the beach.
يَخافُ السَّبّاحونَ مِنْ هُجومِ القِرْشِ.
Swimmers fear the shark's attack.
يُعَدُّ القِرْشُ الأَبْيَضُ الكَبيرُ مِنْ أَخْطَرِ المُفْتَرِساتِ في المُحيطِ.
The great white shark is considered one of the ocean's most dangerous predators.
رَغْمَ سُمْعَتِهِ المُخيفَةِ، نادِراً ما يُهاجِمُ القِرْشُ البَشَرَ دونَ اسْتِفْزازٍ.
Despite its fearsome reputation, the shark rarely attacks humans without provocation.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قِرْشٌ | قُرُوشٌ |
| Genitive | قِرْشٍ | قُرُوشٍ |
| Accusative | قِرْشاً | قُرُوشاً |
| Vocative | يا قِرْشُ | يا قُرُوشُ |
Word family
قُرُوشsharks (plural)
قِرْشpiastre, a small coinقَرَشَto gather or earn money
قُرَيْشQuraysh, the Meccan tribe
Etymology
The Arabic word for shark is built on the triliteral root q-r-sh, tied to a verb sense of gnashing or gathering. Its precise origin is uncertain. The identically spelled coin qirsh is a separate word, borrowed through Ottoman Turkish from the German Groschen.
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