Arabic word sheet
قَمَرٌ
The moon
- Type
- noun
- Root
- ق م ر
Meaning and usage
The moon
The body that lights the night sky and is seen to change shape through the month.
ظَهَرَ الْقَمَرُ فَوْقَ الْبَيْتِ
The moon appeared above the house.
The moon after its first nights
In the older, stricter usage the word names the moon from its third night on, once it is no longer a thin crescent.
صَارَ الْهِلَالُ قَمَرًا بَعْدَ ثَلَاثِ لَيَالٍ
The crescent became a moon after three nights.
Satellite modern usage
Today the word also names any body that circles a planet, and in particular the man-made device sent into orbit around the Earth.
يَدُورُ الْقَمَرُ الصِّنَاعِيُّ حَوْلَ الْأَرْضِ
The artificial satellite orbits the Earth.
Plural
أَقْمَارٌ
Word family
What the root means ق م ر
The root carries the idea of a pale, bright whiteness; the moon owes its name to its whiteness. From it come "moonlight", "moonlit", "bright white" and the name of the turtledove.
to be moonlit (said of the night)
أَقْمَرَ
moonlit
مُقْمِرٌ
moonlight; moonlit night
قَمْرَاءُ
bright white
أَقْمَرُ
a pale, off-white colour
قُمْرَةٌ
turtledove
قُمْرِيٌّ
Synonyms
crescent moon
هِلَالٌ
It is narrower: it names only the thin crescent of the first and last nights of the month.
full moon
بَدْرٌ
It is narrower: it names only the fully round moon of the middle of the month.