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كُرَة
ball /ˈkura/
nounA1#394 most common
Also: sphere, globe, soccer ball
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ كُرَةٌ.
This is a ball.
يَلعَبُ الوَلَدُ بِالكُرَةِ.
The boy plays with the ball.
رَكَلَ اللاعِبُ الكُرَةَ نَحْوَ المَرْمى.
The player kicked the ball toward the goal.
اِشْتَرَيْتُ كُرَةً جَديدَةً لِمُباراةِ الغَدِ.
I bought a new ball for tomorrow's match.
تَدَحْرَجَتِ الكُرَةُ بِبُطْءٍ حَتّى تَوَقَّفَتْ عِنْدَ قَدَمَيْهِ.
The ball rolled slowly until it stopped at his feet.
لا يَكْفي امْتِلاكُ الكُرَةِ لِلفَوْزِ، بَلْ يَجِبُ اسْتِثْمارُها بِذَكاءٍ في المَواقِفِ الحاسِمَةِ.
Holding the ball is not enough to win; it must be used cleverly in decisive moments.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | كُرَةٌ | كُراتٌ |
| Genitive | كُرَةٍ | كُراتٍ |
| Accusative | كُرَةً | كُراتٍ |
| Vocative | يا كُرَةُ | يا كُراتُ |
Word family
كُرَوِيّspherical, round
كُرَيّةglobule, blood cell
كُرَة القَدَمfootball, soccer
كُرَة السَّلَّةbasketball
الكُرَة الأَرْضِيَّةthe globe, planet Earth
Etymology
كُرَة is the Arabic word for a ball or sphere. It comes from a Semitic root carrying the sense of roundness, with a weak final radical that resurfaces in derivatives such as كُرَوِيّ, 'spherical.' The feminine ending ة marks a single round object. The word is old in the language and was later applied to modern ball sports.
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