How to say "language" in Arabic

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Meaninglanguage

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

لُغَة

lughaלע'ה

لغة

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

שפה

safaسَافَا

How the two words are related

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No Hebrew relative — learn it fresh.

Arabic root

ل-غ-و

اَللُّغَة الْعَرَبِيَّة

al-lugha al-ʿarabiyyaא-לע'ה אל-ערביה

the Arabic language

لُغَات

lughātלע'את

sound feminine plural -āt — like Hebrew ־ות