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مُنْحَدَر
slope /munˈħa.dar/
nounB2#3752 most common
Also: incline, descent, decline
Example sentences
هذا مُنْحَدَر شديد.
This is a steep slope.
نزلنا من المُنْحَدَر ببطء.
We went down the slope slowly.
لعب الأطفال على المُنْحَدَر الرملي قرب الشاطئ.
The children played on the sandy slope near the beach.
انزلقت السيارة على المُنْحَدَر الجليدي.
The car skidded on the icy slope.
يقع المنزل عند مُنْحَدَر التل المطل على الوادي.
The house sits on the slope of the hill overlooking the valley.
يحذر الخبراء من أن الاقتصاد يسير في مُنْحَدَر خطير نحو الركود.
Experts warn that the economy is on a dangerous decline toward recession.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُنْحَدَرٌ | مُنْحَدَرَاتٌ |
| Genitive | مُنْحَدَرٍ | مُنْحَدَرَاتٍ |
| Accusative | مُنْحَدَرًا | مُنْحَدَرَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا مُنْحَدَرُ | يَا مُنْحَدَرَاتُ |
Word family
انحدرto descend, slope down; to be descended (from a lineage)
الانحدارdescent, decline (the act or process)
حَدَرَto lower, let something down
حدورa slope, declivity (near-synonym)
منحدراتslopes (plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root ح-د-ر (ḥ-d-r), which carries the sense of going down or lowering something. The verb انحدر (inḥadara) means to descend or slide down, and also to be descended from a lineage. مُنْحَدَر is the noun formed from this verb, naming the place or state of descending: a slope.
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