How to say "candle" in Arabic
New wordMeaningcandle
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
شَمْعَة
shamʿaשמעה
شمعة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
נר
nerنِر
How the two words are related
New word
No Hebrew relative — learn it fresh.
Arabic root
ش-م-عNo Hebrew relative — shamʿa is 'a piece of wax' (شمع, beeswax, is the raw word). Hebrew's נר for candle is a different, far older Semitic word for a lamp, already burning in Akkadian nēru.
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In a phrase
أَشْعَلَ الشَّمْعَة
ashʿala ash-shamʿaאשעל א-שמעהHe lit the candle.
Plural
شُمُوع
shumūʿשמועbroken plural CuCūC — like قَلْب→قُلُوب