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rivers

3 occurrences across 3 Arabic/Persian roots

م- و- ه
(m-w-h) — water; substance, source

“rivers” accounts for 1 of 29 occurrences of this root (3%)

Forms seen

مآء ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

water 86% waters of 3% river 3% leaven 3% dreg 3%

Examples

GWB §82: مآء: rivers

ف- ر- ت
(f-r-t) — abundant/river; euphrates; flood (metaphorical use of euphrates)

“rivers” accounts for 1 of 9 occurrences of this root (11%)

Forms seen

فرات ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

river 33% living water 33% thirst-subduing 11% soft flowing water 11% flood 11%

Examples

GWB §595: فرات: rivers

ن- ه- ر
(n-h-r) — rivers; river; day

“rivers” accounts for 1 of 18 occurrences of this root (6%)

Forms seen

أنهار ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

stream 22% river 17% day 17% water 11% jordan 11% streaming river 6% daytime 6% day time 6% crystal stream 6%

Examples

GWB §478: أنهار: rivers

See Also

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

water (27) river (6) stream (4) living water (3) day (3) jordan (2)