How to say "to thunder" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningto thunder
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
رَعَدَ
raʿadaרעד
رعد
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
רעם
ra'amرَاءَام
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ر-ع-دHebrew root
ר-ע-דSame three letters, ר-ע-ד / ر-ع-د, but the sky and the body split the meaning: Arabic raʿada is what the sky does — 'it thundered' — while Hebrew רעד is what you do in response — 'to tremble, shake'. Thunder that makes the ground shake is a natural bridge between the two.
Related Hebrew word:רעדra'adرَاءَد
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In a phrase
رَعَدَتِ السَّمَاء فِي اللَّيْل
raʿadat is-samāʾ fī al-laylרעדת א-סמאא פי א-לילThe sky thundered at night