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). 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 الله‎‎ ― land 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