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Word of the Week, Issue #007
Bride = عَرُوْسٌ
The word for "bride" in Arabic is عَرُوْسٌ ('aroos). However, it can also mean bridegroom. In modern Arabic the word for bride is عَرُوْسَةٌ , and so is made distinct from bridegroom by the addition of the ة . In classical Arabic, however, the same word is used for both, although the two significations have different plurals: bridegrooms is عُرُسٌ , and brides is عَرَائِسُ . We can disambiguate between the two significations of the singular by using the phrase الْمَرْأَةُ الْعَرُوسُ (lit. the the woman 'aroos ) for bride.
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