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مَوْت
death /ˈmawt/
nounA1#284 most common
Also: dying, demise
Example sentences
الْمَوْتُ صَعْبٌ.
Death is hard.
أَنَا أَخَافُ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ.
I am afraid of death.
الْمَوْتُ جُزْءٌ مِنَ الْحَيَاةِ.
Death is part of life.
سَبَبُ مَوْتِهِ مَا زَالَ غَيْرَ مَعْرُوفٍ.
The cause of his death is still unknown.
بَعْدَ مَوْتِ جَدِّهِ، تَغَيَّرَتْ حَيَاتُهُ كَثِيرًا.
After his grandfather's death, his life changed a great deal.
يَرَى الْفَلَاسِفَةُ فِي الْمَوْتِ سُؤَالًا لَا يَنْتَهِي عَنْ مَعْنَى الْوُجُودِ.
Philosophers see in death an endless question about the meaning of existence.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَوْتٌ | |
| Genitive | مَوْتٍ | |
| Accusative | مَوْتًا | |
| Vocative | يَا مَوْتُ |
Word family
Etymology
Mawt is the standard Arabic word for death. It derives from the Semitic root m-w-t, which carries the sense of dying. The same root gives the verb mata, to die, and the words for the dead. Related forms run across the Semitic languages, from Hebrew to Akkadian.
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