How to say "distance" in Arabic
New wordMeaningdistance
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مَسَافَة
masāfaמסאפה
مسافة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מרחק
merkhakمِرْخَاك
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
س-ف-رHebrew מרחק has its own unrelated root (ר-ח-ק) — but masāfa itself is built on the same س-ف-ر you meet in سافر 'to travel': a distance is literally 'the extent of a journey'.
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In a phrase
الْمَسَافَة طَوِيلَة
al-masāfa ṭawīlaאל-מסאפה טוילהthe distance is long
Plural
مَسَافَات
masāfātמסאפאתsound feminine plural -āt