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arm in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- dhirāʿ
- Arabizi
dhira3- Type
- noun · masculine
- Plural
- أَذْرِعَةٌ adhriʿa
- Root
- ذ ر ع
How to use it
ذراع (arm) refers to the human upper limb from shoulder to hand. It is a masculine noun; its plural is أذرعة. In technical contexts it can also mean a lever or a part of a machine.
Example sentences
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ذِرَاعُهُ طَوِيلٌ جِدًّا.
dhirāʿuhu ṭawīlun jiddًا.
His arm is very long.
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ضَرَبْتُ بِذِرَاعِي الْكُرَةَ.
ḍarabtu bi-dhirāʿī al-kurata.
I hit the ball with my arm.
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ذِرَاعُ السَّيَّارَةِ مَكْسُورٌ.
dhirāʿu al-sayyāra makṣūrٌ.
The car’s arm is broken.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
My arm hurts.
ذِراعي يُؤْلِمُني
My arm still hurts.
ما زال ذراعي يؤلمني.
Extend your left arm, OK.
مدي ذراعك اليسرى
Sami tried to wave his arm.
حاول سامي التّلويح بيده.
Tom's arm had to be amputated.
كان يجب بتر ذراع توم.
Please show me your injured arm.
أرني ذراعك المجروح من فضلك.
Whole arm. Shoulder disarticulation.
الذراع باكمله.مفصول من الكتف.
Later they cross the border arm in arm, Jamaal limping beside them.
وبعدها، يعبران الحدود يد بيد مع جمال الذي يعرج الى جانبهما.
Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
فلتسقط عضدي من كتفي ولتنكسر ذراعي من قصبتها.
The narrow arm is heated more than the wide arm because they have the same current density.
وينجم عن ذلك أن يكون الذراع الرفيع أسخن من الذراع العريض بسبب أن لهما نفس كثافة التيار.
To arm the rebel groups is, perhaps inevitably, also to arm their terrorist and mercenary allies.
ذلك أن تسليح الجماعات المتمردة يعني، وربما بشكل حتمي، تسليح حلفاء هذه الجماعات من الإرهابيين والمرتزقة.
Since the two arms are connected at the top, the stretching hot arm pushes in the direction of the cold arm.
وبما أن الذراعين متصلان من القمة، فإن تمدد الذراع الساخن يدفع به في إتجاه الذراع البارد.
Questions and answers
Is there a feminine word for arm?
The body part is masculine, but you can say ذراع المرأة for “the woman’s arm.”
What is the plural of ذراع?
The regular plural is أذرعة (adhriʿa).
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