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نَهْر
river /ˈnahr/
nounA2#1064 most common
Also: stream, watercourse
Example sentences
النَّهْرُ كَبِيرٌ.
The river is big.
نَسْبَحُ فِي النَّهْرِ فِي الصَّيْفِ.
We swim in the river in summer.
يَمُرُّ النَّهْرُ عَبْرَ المَدِينَةِ القَدِيمَةِ.
The river passes through the old city.
فَاضَ النَّهْرُ بَعْدَ الأَمْطَارِ الغَزِيرَةِ وَأَغْرَقَ الحُقُولَ.
The river flooded after the heavy rains and drowned the fields.
يُعَدُّ نَهْرُ النِّيلِ مِنْ أَطْوَلِ الأَنْهَارِ فِي العَالَمِ.
The Nile is considered one of the longest rivers in the world.
تَتَفَرَّعُ الأَنْهَارُ الكُبْرَى إِلَى رَوَافِدَ عَدِيدَةٍ تُغَذِّي السُّهُولَ الخَصِبَةَ.
The great rivers branch into numerous tributaries that feed the fertile plains.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نَهْرٌ | أَنْهَارٌ |
| Genitive | نَهْرٍ | أَنْهَارٍ |
| Accusative | نَهْرًا | أَنْهَارًا |
| Vocative | يَا نَهْرُ | يَا أَنْهَارُ |
Word family
نَهَارdaytime
أَنْهَارrivers (plural)
نَهْرِيّriverine, fluvial
مَجْرَى النَّهْرriver course, riverbed
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root n-h-r, tied to flowing water and, in a related sense, to brightness and daylight. The same root gives نَهَار (nahār), meaning daytime. Cognate forms for river appear across the Semitic languages.
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