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نَسْر
eagle /ˈnasr/
nounB2#3876 most common
Also: vulture, bird of prey
Example sentences
النَّسْرُ طَائِرٌ كَبِيرٌ.
The eagle is a big bird.
رَأَيْتُ نَسْرًا فَوْقَ الجَبَلِ.
I saw an eagle above the mountain.
يَصْطَادُ النَّسْرُ فَرِيسَتَهُ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ.
The eagle hunts its prey from a distance.
يُعْتَبَرُ النَّسْرُ رَمْزًا لِلْقُوَّةِ فِي كَثِيرٍ مِنَ الثَّقَافَاتِ.
The eagle is regarded as a symbol of strength in many cultures.
حَلَّقَ النَّسْرُ فِي السَّمَاءِ بَاحِثًا عَنْ فَرِيسَتِهِ بِعُيُونٍ حَادَّةٍ.
The eagle soared through the sky, searching for its prey with sharp eyes.
كَانَ نَسْرٌ أَحَدَ الأَصْنَامِ الَّتِي عَبَدَهَا قَوْمُ نُوحٍ كَمَا وَرَدَ فِي القُرْآنِ.
Nasr was one of the idols worshipped by the people of Noah, as mentioned in the Quran.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نَسْرٌ | نُسُورٌ |
| Genitive | نَسْرٍ | نُسُورٍ |
| Accusative | نَسْرًا | نُسُورًا |
| Vocative | يَا نَسْرُ | يَا نُسُورُ |
Word family
نُسُورeagles (plural)
نَسْرِيّaquiline, eagle-like
النَّسْر الطَّائِرAltair (star name), literally the flying eagle
النَّسْر الوَاقِعVega (star name), literally the falling eagle
Etymology
The word comes from the common Semitic root for a large bird of prey. Related forms appear across the Semitic language family with the same core sense of eagle or vulture. Arabic kept the word largely unchanged from its ancient form and used it both for the literal bird and, in early Arabian religion, as the name of an idol shaped like one.
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