How to say "tears" in Arabic
CognateMeaningtears
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
دُمُوع
dumūʿדמוע
دموع
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
דמעות
dma'otدْمَاؤُوت
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
د-م-عHebrew root
ד-מ-עOne tear is دَمْعَة damʿa — Hebrew דִּמְעָה sound for sound, the root د-م-ع / ד-מ-ע unchanged since Proto-Semitic. Dumūʿ is its broken plural, the same CuCūC pattern as قلب→قلوب 'hearts'.
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In a phrase
دُمُوع الْفَرَح
dumūʿ al-faraḥדמוע אל-פרחtears of joy