Arabic word sheet
نَهَارٌ
Daytime
- Type
- noun
- Root
- ن ه ر
Meaning and usage
Daytime
The lit part of the day, from sunrise to sunset, as opposed to night. Said of the time when people work and can see clearly.
يَعْمَلُ الْفَلَّاحُ فِي الْحَقْلِ طُولَ النَّهَارِ.
The farmer works in the field all day long.
A whole day
Less often, the word is used to count a day as a unit of time. It then equals the common word for a day.
قَضَى سَامِي نَهَارًا كَامِلًا فِي الْمَكْتَبَةِ.
Sami spent a whole day at the library.
Word family
What the root means ن ه ر
The root carries the idea of what spreads widely and in abundance: water that flows and cuts itself a bed, and light that spreads out. From it come the river, flowing, making something pour out, widening, and the day, the time when light unfolds.
river
to flow
نَهَرَ
to make flow abundantly
أَنْهَرَ
to widen
اِسْتَنْهَرَ
active by day
نَهِرٌ
to scold
اِنْتَهَرَ
Synonyms
day
يَوْمٌ
It counts the full day of twenty-four hours, night included, and is used for dates; the headword first names only the lit part.
Opposites
night