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مَطَر
rain /ˈma.tˤar/
nounB1#1930 most common
Also: rainfall, downpour
Example sentences
نَزَلَ المَطَرُ.
The rain fell.
أُحِبُّ صَوْتَ المَطَرِ.
I love the sound of the rain.
تَوَقَّفَ المَطَرُ قَبْلَ المَغْرِبِ.
The rain stopped before sunset.
لَمْ نَخْرُجْ بِسَبَبِ المَطَرِ الغَزِيرِ.
We did not go out because of the heavy rain.
يَعْتَمِدُ الفَلَّاحُونَ عَلَى مِيَاهِ المَطَرِ لِرَيِّ حُقُولِهِمْ.
The farmers rely on rainwater to irrigate their fields.
لَوْلَا المَطَرُ الَّذِي هَطَلَ فَجْأَةً لَاسْتَمَرَّتِ المُبَارَاةُ حَتَّى نِهَايَتِهَا.
Had it not been for the rain that fell suddenly, the match would have continued to its end.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَطَرٌ | أَمْطَارٌ |
| Genitive | مَطَرٍ | أَمْطَارٍ |
| Accusative | مَطَرًا | أَمْطَارًا |
| Vocative | يَا مَطَرُ | يَا أَمْطَارُ |
Word family
أَمْطَرَto rain, to pour down
مَاطِرrainy
مَمْطُورrained upon, soaked
مِمْطَرَةraincoat
أَمْطَارrains (plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root m-ṭ-r, which carries the sense of rain and pouring. The same root appears across the Semitic languages with little change in meaning. Arabic كتب it as مَطَر, a simple noun of the faʿal pattern.
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