How to say "washing machine" in Arabic
New wordMeaningwashing machine
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
غَسَّالَة
ghassālaע'סאלה
غسالة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מכונת כביסה
mekhonat kvisaمِخُونَات كْڤِيسَا
How the two words are related
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Arabic root
غ-س-لNo Hebrew relative — ghassāla, 'the great washer', is built from غسل 'to wash' the very same way مكنسة, 'the great sweeper', is built from كنس above. Hebrew's own מכונת כביסה is a compound, 'laundry machine', from an unrelated root כבס.
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In a phrase
غَسَلَ الْمَلَابِس فِي الْغَسَّالَة
ghasala al-malābis fī l-ghassālaע'סל אל-מלאבס פי אל-ע'סאלהHe washed the clothes in the washing machine.
Plural
غَسَّالَات
ghassālātע'סאלאתsound feminine plural -āt