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هَوائِيّ
aerial (relating to air) /haˈwaːʔijː/
adjectiveB2#3449 most common
Also: atmospheric, pneumatic, antenna (as a noun)
Example sentences
الضغط الهوائي منخفض اليوم.
The air pressure is low today.
ركّبتُ هوائيًّا جديدًا فوق السطح.
I installed a new antenna on the roof.
تحتاج الدراجة إلى إطارات هوائية مليئة بالهواء.
The bike needs pneumatic tires full of air.
التلوث الهوائي يزداد سوءًا في المدن الكبرى.
Air pollution is getting worse in big cities.
يعتمد التصوير الهوائي على طائرات مسيّرة لالتقاط صور دقيقة.
Aerial photography relies on drones to capture precise images.
أدّى الخلل في نظام الملاحة الهوائيّة إلى تأخير عشرات الرحلات.
The fault in the air navigation system delayed dozens of flights.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | هَوَائِيٌّ | هَوَائِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | هَوَائِيٍّ | هَوَائِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | هَوَائِيًّا | هَوَائِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | يا هَوَائِيُّ | يا هَوَائِيُّونَ |
Word family
هواءair, atmosphere
هوائيantenna, aerial (device)
لاهوائيanaerobic
هوائيةaerodynamics, pneumatics (as a field or quality)
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic noun هَوَاء (hawāʾ), meaning air or atmosphere. Adding the nisba suffix ـِيّ, which turns a noun into a relational adjective meaning of or belonging to, produces هَوَائِيّ, of the air. Arabic dictionaries trace هَوَاء itself to the root ه و ي, tied to the idea of open, empty space between heaven and earth. The same root gives هوى, a person's inclination or whim, on the old idea that desire drifts like wind with no fixed direction.
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