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Learn Arabic (Modern Standard): نهر - river

Arabic (Modern Standard)
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/نهر

نهر

Word

نهر

Meaning

river

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

Course

Arabic (Modern Standard)

Lesson

Sun and moon letters

Usages of نهر

هل النهر الكبير هنا؟hal an-nahru al-kabîru hunâ

Is the big river here?

البحر كبير والنهر جميل.al-bahru kabîrun wa-n-nahru jamîlun

The sea is big and the river is beautiful.

النهر هنا.an-nahru hunâ

The river is here.

البحر والنهر هنا.al-bahru wan-nahru hunâ.

The sea and the river are here.

النهر البارد واسع.an-nahru al-bâridu wâsi'un.

The cold river is wide.

النهر كبير كالبحر.an-nahru kabîrun kal-bahri

The river is big like the sea.

سبح الكلب في النهر.sabaha al-kalbu fi an-nahri

The dog swam in the river.

البيت بين الحديقة والنهر.albaytu bayna alhadîqati wannahr

The house is between the garden and the river.

هو يمشي إلى جانب النهر.huwa yamshî ilâ jânibi n-nahr.

He walks to the side of the river.

ذهبنا إلى وادي النهر، ما أطول الوادي!dhahabnâ ilâ wâdi n-nahri, mâ atwala l-wâdi!

We went to the river valley, how long the valley is!

لولا الشجرة، لغرق الطفل في النهر.lawlâ ash-shajaratu, laghariqa at-tiflu fi an-nahri.

If not for the tree, the child would have drowned in the river.

عمق هذا النهر متران.'umqu hâdhâ an-nahri mitrâni

The depth of this river is two meters.

حسب الخريطة، الفندق قريب من النهر.hasaba al-kharîtati, al-funduqu qarîbun mina an-nahri

According to the map, the hotel is near the river.

مشينا على طول النهر.mashaynâ 'alâ tûli n-nahr

We walked along the river.

أخذ النهر يغمر الشارع، فخاف الرجل.akhadha an-nahru yaghmuru ash-shâri'a, fakhâfa ar-rajulu.

The river began to submerge the street, so the man was afraid.

مشينا وضفة النهر لمدة نصف ساعة.mashaynâ wa dhiffata an-nahri limuddati nisfi sâ'atin

We walked alongside the river bank for half an hour.

تحرك القطار وضفة النهر.taharraka al-qitâru wa dhiffata an-nahri.

The train moved alongside the river bank.

سارت المرشدة والنهر إلى النبع.sâratil murshidatu wannahra ilâ annab'i

The guide walked alongside the river to the spring.

بنى المهندس سدا ضخما قرب النهر.banâ al-muhandisu saddan dakhman qurba an-nahri

The engineer built a huge dam near the river.

جف النهر بسبب المناخ الحار.jaffa n-nahru bisababi l-munâkhi l-hârri

The river dried up because of the hot climate.

المنزل الأقدم يطل على النهر.al-manzilu al-aqdamu yutillu 'alâ an-nahri

The oldest house overlooks the river.

لا سبح النمر في النهر ولا رأى التمساح.lâ sabaha an-namiru fi n-nahri wa-lâ ra'â at-timsâha

The tiger neither swam in the river nor saw the crocodile.

إذا جلست قرب النهر، سمعت خرير الماء.idhâ jalasta qurba an-nahri, sami'ta kharîra al-mâ'

If you sit near the river, you hear the murmuring of the water.

ما نسينا خرير النهر أبدا.maa nasiinaa khariira an-nahri abadan

We never forgot the murmuring of the river.

عبرنا النهر عبر الجسر القديم.'abarnâ an-nahra 'abra al-jisri al-qadîm.

We crossed the river by the old bridge.

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