أرض

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: ارض

Arabic[edit]

Root
ء ر ض (ʔ-r-ḍ)

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́-. Compare Hebrew אֶרֶץ (érets), Aramaic אַרְעָא (ʾarʿā) / Aramaic ܐܪܥܐ (ʔarʕā). False cognate of Dutch aarde.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʔardˤ/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

أَرْض (ʔarḍf (plural أَرَاضٍ (ʔarāḍin) or أَرَضُون (ʔaraḍūn))

  1. land, earth
  2. Earth, earth
  3. country, land
  4. ground, bottom, lowest surface
  5. agricultural ground specifically, cropland
    • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 22:69:
      مَنِ ٱقْتَنَى كَلْبًا لَيْسَ بِكَلْبِ صَيْدٍ وَلَا مَاشِيَةٍ وَلَا أَرْضٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَنْقُصُ مِنْ أَجْرِهِ قِيرَاطَانِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.
      mani qtanā kalban laysa bikalbi ṣaydin walā māšiyatin walā ʔarḍin faʔinnahū yanquṣu min ʔajrihī qīrāṭāni kulla yawmin.
      He who keeps a dog, save for a dog to hunt or to herd or one of the field – his reward is reduced by two qirat every day.
Declension[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Gulf Arabic: ارض (arḏ̣)
  • Maltese: art
  • Afar: árdi
  • Somali: arli
  • Swahili: ardhi
  • Zazaki: erd
  • Northern Kurdish: erd
  • Ottoman Turkish: ارض
  • Persian: ارض

See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

أَرَّضَ (ʔarraḍa) II, non-past يُؤَرِّضُ‎ (yuʔarriḍu)

  1. (electricity) to earth, to ground
  2. to terraform
Conjugation[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

أَرْضَ (ʔarḍa) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of رَضِيَ (raḍiya)

Verb[edit]

أُرْضَ (ʔurḍa) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of رَضِيَ (raḍiya)

Etymology 4[edit]

Verb[edit]

أُرْضِ (ʔurḍi) (form IV)

  1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of أَرْضَى (ʔarḍā)

Verb[edit]

أُرْضَ (ʔurḍa) (form IV)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of أَرْضَى (ʔarḍā)

Verb[edit]

أَرْضِ (ʔarḍi) (form IV)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of أَرْضَى (ʔarḍā)

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

أرض فلسطين مبيّنة من رام اللهland of Palestine visible from Ramallah

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic أَرْض (ʔarḍ).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʔardˤ/, [ʔɑrˤdˤ]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

أرض (ʔarḍf (plural أراضي (ʔarāḍi))

  1. land, terrain
  2. ground, floor
    لقيت ميّتين شيكل عالأرض.
    laʔēt miyytēn šēkel ʕal-ʔarḍ
    I found two hundred shekels on the ground.
  3. Earth