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أَرْض

earth

Noun · feminineRoot ء-ر-ض

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Most common words from the same root

Adjective
earthly
Noun
Terran
Verb · Form II
أَرَّضَ
to earth

أَرْض in English

Noun · feminine

  1. earth, land
  2. Earth, earth
  3. country, land
  4. ground, bottom, lowest surface
  5. agricultural ground specifically, cropland
    مَنِ ٱقْتَنَى كَلْبًا لَيْسَ بِكَلْبِ صَيْدٍ وَلَا مَاشِيَةٍ وَلَا أَرْضٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَنْقُصُ مِنْ أَجْرِهِ قِيرَاطَانِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.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.7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 22:69

Word origin

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

Words from the root ء-ر-ض

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أَرَّضَ · present يُؤَرِّضُ

to earth, to ground; to terraform

تَأْرِيض
Verbal noun
مُؤَرِّض
Active participle
مُؤَرَّض
Passive participle
Noun · f.
earth
Adjective
earthly
Noun · m.
Terran
خِنْزِير الْأَرْض
Noun · m.
aardvark
أَرْضِيَّة
Noun · f.
floor
أَرَضَة
Noun · f.
termite

أَرْض in a sentence

Dictionary examples

agricultural ground specifically

مَنِ ٱقْتَنَى كَلْبًا لَيْسَ بِكَلْبِ صَيْدٍ وَلَا مَاشِيَةٍ وَلَا أَرْضٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَنْقُصُ مِنْ أَجْرِهِ قِيرَاطَانِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.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.7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 22:69

From a fully vowelled text

اِهْتِفِي ِللهِ يَا كُلَّ الأَرْضِ!Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:Psalms 66:1, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَكَانَ الْجُوعُ شَدِيدًا فِي الأَرْضِ.And the famine was sore in the land.Genesis 43:1, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
اِهْتِفِي لِلرَّبِّ يَا كُلَّ الأَرْضِ.Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.Psalms 100:1, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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