Arabic word sheet
نِسَاءٌ
Women
- Type
- noun
- Root
- ن س و
Meaning and usage
Women
Adult female persons taken together. It is the usual word as soon as several women are meant; the word for one woman comes from a different root.
جَلَسَتِ النِّسَاءُ فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ
The women sat in the garden.
Word family
What the root means ن س و
This root is used only to name women as a group. The words that come from it are other names for a group of women, and the adjective "relating to women".
women (a small group)
نِسْوَةٌ
women
نِسْوَانٌ
relating to women
نِسْوِيٌّ