How to say "tear (from the eye)" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningtear (from the eye)

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

دَمْعَة

damʿaדמעה

دمعة

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

דמעה

dimaدِيمَا

How the two words are related

Cognate

Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.

Arabic root

د-م-ع

Hebrew root

ד-מ-ע

Damʿa is דמעה, unchanged down to the letter — one of the most transparent cognates on this whole list.

دَمْعَة عَلَى خَدِّهَا

damʿa ʿalā khaddihāדמעה עלא ח'דהא

a tear on her cheek

دُمُوع

dumūʿדמוע

broken plural CuCūC — like قلب→قلوب