How to say "sport, sports" in Arabic
New wordMeaningsport, sports
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
رِيَاضَة
riyāḍaריאצ'ה
رياضة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ספורט
sportسْپُورْت
How the two words are related
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Arabic root
ر-و-ضFrom ر-و-ض, 'to break in, train (a horse)': sport is training the body. The same root gives riyāḍiyyāt, 'mathematics', and rawḍa, 'meadow' and 'kindergarten'. Hebrew simply borrowed English 'sport'.
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In a phrase
أُحِبّ الرِّيَاضَة
uḥibb ar-riyāḍaאחב א-ריאצ'הI love sport.
Plural
رِيَاضَات
riyāḍātריאצ'אתsound feminine plural -āt: 'kinds of sport'.