How to say "cave, grotto" in Arabic
New wordMeaningcave, grotto
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
كَهْف
kahfכהף
كهف
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מערה
me'araمِئَارَا
How the two words are related
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Arabic root
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In a phrase
كَهْف عَمِيق
kahf ʿamīqכהף עמיקa deep cave
Plural
كُهُوف
kuhūfכהוףbroken plural CuCūC; كهف is the more literary/Quranic word for a cave — أصحاب الكهف, 'the Companions of the Cave' — while مغارة is the everyday one.