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وَرْدِيّ
pink, rose-colored /wɑrˈdiːj/
adjectiveB2#3254 most common
Also: rosy, of roses
Example sentences
اللَّوْنُ الوَرْدِيُّ جَمِيلٌ.
The pink color is beautiful.
أُحِبُّ الفُسْتَانَ الوَرْدِيَّ.
I like the pink dress.
السَّمَاءُ وَرْدِيَّةٌ عِنْدَ الغُرُوبِ.
The sky is pink at sunset.
اِشْتَرَتْ حَقِيبَةً وَرْدِيَّةَ اللَّوْنِ لِابْنَتِهَا.
She bought a pink-colored bag for her daughter.
تَتَمَيَّزُ هٰذِهِ الزَّهْرَةُ بِلَوْنِهَا الوَرْدِيِّ الفَاتِحِ.
This flower stands out for its light pink color.
عَكَسَتِ الغُيُومُ الوَرْدِيَّةُ أَشِعَّةَ الشَّمْسِ الغَارِبَةِ فَوْقَ أُفُقِ المَدِينَةِ.
The pink clouds reflected the rays of the setting sun over the city's horizon.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | وَرْدِيٌّ | وَرْدِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | وَرْدِيٍّ | وَرْدِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | وَرْدِيًّا | وَرْدِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | يَا وَرْدِيُّ | يَا وَرْدِيُّونَ |
Word family
وَرْدroses, rose flowers (collective)
وَرْدَةa rose (single flower)
تَوَرَّدَto blush, turn rosy
مُتَوَرِّدrosy, flushed
وَرَّادflorist, rose grower or seller
Etymology
وَرْدِيّ is built from وَرْد, the Arabic word for roses, plus the nisba suffix ـِيّ, which turns a noun into a descriptive adjective meaning "of or like X." So the word literally means "of roses" or "rose-colored." وَرْد itself is thought to come from an old Iranian word for rose, the same source that, through Greek and Latin, gave English the word "rose."
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