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ماء
water /ˈmaːʔ/
nounA1#321 most common
Also: liquid, fluid
Example sentences
أريد ماءً من فضلك.
I want water, please.
أشرب الماء كل صباح.
I drink water every morning.
الماء ضروري للحياة.
Water is essential for life.
لا يستطيع الإنسان أن يعيش بدون ماء.
A human cannot live without water.
تلوث الماء العذب مشكلة خطيرة في كثير من الدول.
The pollution of fresh water is a serious problem in many countries.
وجعلنا من الماء كل شيء حي.
And We made every living thing from water.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ماءٌ | مياهٌ |
| Genitive | ماءٍ | مياهٍ |
| Accusative | ماءً | مياهًا |
| Vocative | يا ماءُ | يا مياهُ |
Word family
مياهwaters (plural)
مائيaqueous, aquatic, hydro-
موّهto camouflage; to dilute with water
تمويهcamouflage, deception
Etymology
ماء means water and goes back to Proto-Semitic. The underlying root is م-و-ه, which still surfaces in the plural مياه and in verbs like موّه. The final hamza in ماء is what became of an older third radical, recovered when the word takes endings.
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