How to say "to sow" in Arabic
CognateMeaningto sow
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
زَرَعَ
zaraʿaזרע
زرع
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
זרע
zaraزَارَا
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ز-ر-عHebrew root
ז-ר-עA clean match, root and meaning: zaraʿa is זרע (ز↔ז is the regular swap). Arabic zarʿ 'crop, seed' and Hebrew זרע 'seed, offspring' grew from the very same field.
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In a phrase
زَرَعَ الْبُذُور فِي الرَّبِيع
zaraʿa al-budhūr fī ar-rabīʿזרע אל-בד'ור פי א-רביעHe sowed the seeds in spring