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مَوْج
waves /ˈmawd͡ʒ/
nounB1#1795 most common
Also: surge, swell, billows
Example sentences
في البَحْرِ مَوْج.
There are waves in the sea.
أُحِبُّ صَوْتَ المَوْج.
I love the sound of the waves.
كانَ المَوْجُ عالِياً اليَوْم.
The waves were high today.
ضَرَبَ المَوْجُ الصُّخورَ بِقُوَّة.
The waves struck the rocks hard.
تَلاطَمَتْ أَمْواجُ البَحْرِ تَحْتَ العاصِفَة.
The sea's waves crashed against each other under the storm.
تَتَقاذَفُ السَّفينَةَ أَمْواجٌ مُتَلاطِمَةٌ لا تَهْدَأُ.
Crashing waves that never settle toss the ship about.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَوْجٌ | أَمْواجٌ |
| Genitive | مَوْجٍ | أَمْواجٍ |
| Accusative | مَوْجاً | أَمْواجاً |
| Vocative | يا مَوْجُ | يا أَمْواجُ |
Word family
مَوْجةa wave (single unit)
أَمْواجwaves (plural)
تَمَوَّجَto undulate, to ripple
مائِجsurging, wavy
تَمَوُّجundulation, fluctuation
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root م-و-ج (m-w-j), tied to the idea of surging and heaving. It names the moving water of the sea as a mass. Persian and several other languages took the word موج from Arabic as a loan.
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