How to say "ant" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningant

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

نَمْلَة

namlaנמלה

نملة

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

נְמָלָה

nemalaنِمَالَا

How the two words are related

Cognate

Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.

Arabic root

ن-م-ل

Hebrew root

נ-מ-ל

Namla is nemala, straightforwardly — three consonants, no shifts, no surprises.

نَمْلَة صَغِيرَة

namla ṣaghīraנמלה צע'ירה

a small ant

نَمْلَات

namlātנמלאת

sound feminine plural -āt; the collective naml also works for 'ants' in general