rain

8 occurrences across 3 Arabic/Persian roots

م- ط- ر

(m-ṭ-r) — rain; rains; to rain

“rain” accounts for 5 of 31 occurrences of this root (16%)

Forms seen

أَمْطَارَ ×2 أَمْطَارُ ×1 امطار ×1 تمطر ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

shower 26% rain 16% rain down 13% showers of 6% overflowing rain 6% outpouring 6% send down 3% rain-giving 3% rain and flood 3% overflowing shower 3% made to rain 3% have rained down their rain 3% have rained 3% cloud 3%

Examples

fire-tabletFire §4: أَمْطَارُ: rains gleaningsGWB §124: امطار: rain prayers-and-meditationsP&M §493: أَمْطَارَ: rain gleaningsGWB §312: تمطر: rain prayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: أَمْطَارَ: rains

غ- ي- ث

(gh-y-th) — rain; rain, shower; rain/abundance

“rain” accounts for 2 of 8 occurrences of this root (25%)

Forms seen

غيث ×1 غَيْثُ ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

shower 50% rain 25% vernal shower 13% cloud 13%

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: غيث: rain fire-tabletFire §36: غَيْثُ: rain

ه- ط- ل

(h-ṭ-l) — pouring; pour down; raining

“rain” accounts for 1 of 5 occurrences of this root (20%)

Forms seen

Translation spectrum for this root

rained 40% rain 20% poured down 20% copious 20%

Examples

kitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: هاطل: to rain

See Also

Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots:

shower (12) rain down (4) showers of (2) overflowing rain (2) outpouring (2) rained (2)