How to say "cave" in Arabic
CognateMeaningcave
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مَغَارَة
maghāraמע'ארה
مغارة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מערה
me'araمِئَارَا
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
غ-و-رHebrew root
ע-ו-רMaghāra and Hebrew מערה are the same old word for a cave, built on a root for sinking into the ground (Arabic غ-و-ر, as in ghāra, 'to sink in, go deep'). Hebrew ע answers Arabic غ here, just as in ghurāb/ʿorev (raven).
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In a phrase
مَغَارَة عَمِيقَة
maghāra ʿamīqaמע'ארה עמיקהa deep cave
Plural
مَغَارَات
maghārātמע'אראתsound feminine plural -āt