صَخْرَةٌ rock in Arabic
صَخْرَةٌ is how you say “rock” in Arabic.
Root ص خ ر ṣ-kh-r. noun (noun of unity / ism al-waḥda). ṣakhrah.
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Meaning of rock in Arabic
- a rock; a single mass of hard stone the noun of unity (n. un.) of the collective صَخْرٌ, i.e. one piece of it
- a large rock or crag Lane notes صَخْرَةٌ/صَخَرَةٌ carry a more specific sense than the plain collective صَخْرٌ
Example sentence
فَإِنْحَدَرَتْ صَخْرَةٌ مِّنَ الْجَبَلِ
Then a rock slid down from the mountain.
صَخْرَةٌ a rock
A feminine singular noun standing as the subject of the verb before it; its feminine shape is why the verb took a feminine ending. With no 'the', it presents the rock as one unspecified object newly entering the scene.
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How it is used
In Qur'an 31:15 صَخْرَة refers to a rock hidden beneath the earth. A hadith speaks of 'the صخرة of Paradise,' meaning the Rock of Jerusalem, now enshrined under the Dome of the Rock.
Words from the same root
- صَخْرٌ rocks; great masses of hard stone (the collective noun صَخْرَةٌ is drawn from)
- صَخِرٌ a place abounding in rocks
- صَاخِرٌ the sound of iron striking upon iron
- صَاخِرَةٌ a kind of earthen vessel drunk from
- أَصْخَرُ الوَجْهِ hard-faced, shameless (figurative)
- صَخِيرٌ a certain plant
- تَصْخِيرٌ verbal noun of form II صَخَّرَ, said to be equivalent to تَسْخِيرٌ (subjugation, compulsion)
More example sentences
فَانْفَرَجَتْ الصَّخْرَةُ غَيْرُ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ الْخُرُوجَ مِنْهَا
The rock split open, but they could not get out of it.
الصَّخْرَةُ the rock
A definite noun with 'the' and a nominative ending that marks it as the doer of the splitting. Its feminine gender is why the verb before it took a feminine ending; Arabic ties subject and verb together by matching gender across them.
فَرُفِعَتْ لَنَا صَخْرَةٌ طَوْيِلَةٌ،
Then a long rock was raised for us.
صَخْرَةٌ a rock
An indefinite feminine noun, the rock, standing as what the passive verb acts upon, so it takes the subject ending of a passive; its trailing '-un' marks it indefinite. The '-a' built into the word signals feminine gender, which the following adjective must match. It is the thing raised up.
Common questions
- How do you say "rock" in Arabic?
- صَخْرَةٌ (ṣakhrah).
- What is the plural of صخرة؟
- صُخُورٌ, also صُخُورَةٌ and صَخَرَاتٌ.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).