Arabic word sheet
أَرْضٌ
The earth, the world
- Type
- noun
- Root
- ء ر ض
Meaning and usage
The earth, the world
The world people live on, taken as a whole. Also said of the earth as opposed to the sky.
سَافَرَ سَامِي حَوْلَ الْأَرْضِ.
Sami travelled around the earth.
The ground, the floor
The surface one walks, sits or lies on, outdoors or inside a house.
جَلَسَ الطَّالِبُ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ.
The student sat on the ground.
A land, a country
One particular region or country, the one somebody lives in or the one being talked about.
سَكَنَ رَامِي فِي أَرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ.
Rami lived in a faraway land.
A piece of land, soil
A plot that somebody owns or farms. Also said of soil judged by its quality, good or poor.
اِشْتَرَى الْجَارُ أَرْضًا قُرْبَ النَّهْرِ.
The neighbour bought a piece of land near the river.
Plural
أَرَاضٍ / أَرَضُونَ
Word family
What the root means ء ر ض
The root is about what carries people: the earth they live on and the ground they walk on. From there comes the idea of whatever is low or underneath.
Synonyms
country, town
بَلَدٌ
Names an inhabited, organised place, a country or a town, rather than the stretch of land itself.
soil
تُرْبَةٌ
Only said of the stuff of the ground, the soil plants grow in, never of a country or of the world.
Opposites
sky