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نَحْل
bees /ˈnaħl/
nounB2#3259 most common
Also: a swarm of bees
Example sentences
النَّحْلُ يُنْتِجُ العَسَلَ.
Bees produce honey.
رَأَيْتُ نَحْلًا فِي الحَدِيقَةِ.
I saw bees in the garden.
يَعِيشُ النَّحْلُ فِي خَلَايَا مُنَظَّمَةٍ.
Bees live in organized hives.
يَلْسَعُ النَّحْلُ عِنْدَمَا يَشْعُرُ بِالخَطَرِ.
Bees sting when they feel threatened.
تُعَدُّ مَلِكَةُ النَّحْلِ المَسْؤُولَةَ الوَحِيدَةَ عَنْ وَضْعِ البَيْضِ فِي الخَلِيَّةِ.
The queen bee is considered the sole one responsible for laying eggs in the hive.
أَظْهَرَتِ الدِّرَاسَاتُ أَنَّ تَرَاجُعَ أَعْدَادِ النَّحْلِ يُهَدِّدُ التَّوَازُنَ البِيئِيَّ لِلنُّظُمِ الزِّرَاعِيَّةِ.
Studies have shown that the decline in bee populations threatens the ecological balance of agricultural systems.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نَحْلٌ | |
| Genitive | نَحْلٍ | |
| Accusative | نَحْلًا | |
| Vocative | يا نَحْلُ |
Word family
نَحْلةa single bee
نَحَّالbeekeeper
نِحَالةbeekeeping
خَلِيَّة نَحْلbeehive
عَسَل النَّحْلbee honey
Etymology
نَحْل is an old Semitic collective noun for bees, used throughout Classical Arabic and the Quran, where the sixteenth surah is named An-Nahl, "The Bee." Arabic dictionaries also record a root spelled the same way, ن-ح-ل, tied to separate senses such as thinness and giving or bequeathing. Lexicographers treat these as distinct senses sharing a root shape rather than as proven relatives of the bee word. No secure link to a wider Semitic or older root is established, so no cognates are listed here.
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