How to say "pasture" in Arabic
CognateMeaningpasture
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مَرْعًى
marʿāמרעא
مرعى
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מרעה
mireمِيرِي
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ر-ع-يHebrew root
ר-ע-הHebrew מרעה and Arabic marʿā are built the identical way — the mi-place-noun pattern on the root ר-ע-ה / ر-ع-ي, 'to graze, tend flocks.' Psalm 23's green pastures could just as easily have used this very word.
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In a phrase
مَرْعًى أَخْضَر
marʿā akhḍarמרעא אח'צ'רa green pasture
Plural
مَرَاعٍ
marāʿinמראעיןirregular defective plural maCāCin — the final ي drops in the indefinite citation form