How to say "deer, stag" in Arabic
CognateMeaningdeer, stag
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
أَيِّل
ayyilאיל
أيل
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
אַיָּל
ayalأَيَال
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
أ-ي-لHebrew root
א-י-לAyyil lines up with Hebrew ayyal (אַיָּל), 'stag' — note the doubled י, which is exactly what distinguishes it in Hebrew from אַיִל (ayil), 'ram'. Arabic keeps its own ram-word (kabsh) on a totally different root, so that particular mix-up is purely a Hebrew-internal trap.
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In a phrase
أَيِّل فِي الْغَابَة
ayyil fī l-ghābaאיל פי אל-ע'אבהa deer in the forest
Plural
أَيَايِل
ayāyilאיאילbroken plural, weak-root pattern