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لَيْمُون
lemon /laɪˈmuːn/
nounB1#2239 most common
Also: lemons, lime, citron
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ اللَّيْمُون.
I like lemon.
هٰذَا اللَّيْمُون حامِض.
This lemon is sour.
اِشْتَرَيْتُ كيلو مِن اللَّيْمُون.
I bought a kilo of lemons.
أَضَفْتُ عَصير اللَّيْمُون إِلى السَّلَطة.
I added lemon juice to the salad.
في الصَّيْف نَشْرَب عَصير اللَّيْمُون البارِد لِنُرَطِّب أَجْسامَنا.
In summer we drink cold lemonade to hydrate our bodies.
يُقال إِنَّ شَجَرة اللَّيْمُون التي زَرَعَها جَدّي قَبْلَ عُقود ما زالَت تُثْمِر حَتّى اليَوْم.
It is said that the lemon tree my grandfather planted decades ago still bears fruit today.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | لَيْمُونٌ | لَيْمُونٌ |
| Genitive | لَيْمُونٍ | لَيْمُونٍ |
| Accusative | لَيْمُوناً | لَيْمُوناً |
| Vocative | يا لَيْمُون | يا لَيْمُون |
Word family
لَيْمُونةa single lemon
لَيْمُونيlemon-colored, lemony
لَيْمُونادةlemonade
حامِضsour
Etymology
Arabic borrowed لَيْمُون from Persian līmūn, a general term for citrus fruit. The word spread west through Arabic into Mediterranean languages during the medieval period. English "lemon" and French "limon" descend from this same Arabic source.
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