How to say "platform, quay" in Arabic
CognateMeaningplatform, quay
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
رَصِيف
raṣīfרציף
رصيف
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
רציף
ratsifرَاتْسِيف
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ر-ص-فHebrew root
ר-צ-ףAs close as cognates get: Arabic raṣafa 'to pave, line up in a row' and Hebrew רצף 'sequence, continuity' (רצפה, floor) share every consonant, ص↔צ included — and Modern Hebrew רציף means exactly this: a train platform or a quay.
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In a phrase
الْقِطَار عَلَى الرَّصِيف
al-qiṭār ʿalā ar-raṣīfאל-קטאר עלא א-רציףthe train is on the platform
Plural
أَرْصِفَة
arṣifaארצפהbroken plural aCCiCa — like حِزَام→أَحْزِمَة