Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
a waterweed
Arabic translation:
حشيشة الماء
Added to glossary by
Zeinab Asfour
Dec 30, 2009 14:38
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English term
a waterweed
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حشيشة الماء
حشيشة مائية
does حشيشة الماء mean " a waterweed" or " the waterweed"
I saw a waterweed ---- translation of this sentence, I think both of the following are correct:
رأيت حشيشة مائية
رأيت حشيشة الماء
ما رأيكم في هذا؟
شكرا لكم
حشيشة مائية
does حشيشة الماء mean " a waterweed" or " the waterweed"
I saw a waterweed ---- translation of this sentence, I think both of the following are correct:
رأيت حشيشة مائية
رأيت حشيشة الماء
ما رأيكم في هذا؟
شكرا لكم
Proposed translations
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| 3 | حشيشة الماء |
Zeinab Asfour
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| 5 | حشيشة مائية |
Dr. Mohamed Elkhateeb
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Jan 1, 2010 09:10: Mohamed Kamel Created KOG entry
Jan 5, 2010 09:34: Zeinab Asfour changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/826507">Mohamed Kamel's</a> old entry - " a waterweed"" to ""حشيشة الماء""
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حشيشة الماء
رأيت حشيشة الماء
http://www.babylon.com/definition/waterweed/Arabic
http://www.verbace.com/arab_dict/حشيشة الماء.htm
http://translation.babylon.com/English/to-Arabic/waterweed/
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Note added at 13 mins (2009-12-30 14:51:44 GMT)
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A waterweed is singular, so your translation is correct: حشيشة الماء
I would for this translation.
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Note added at 15 mins (2009-12-30 14:54:02 GMT)
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since a waterweed means: حشيشة الماء then this is the correct answer, because if you translate it as حشيشة مائية then this could mean ANY weed that grows in the water.
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Note added at 22 mins (2009-12-30 15:00:35 GMT)
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cause there several types of weeds that grow in waters, such as:
حشيشة الخنازير المائية
http://www.ibnsina-natural.com/ashaab/aashab2.html
but the word waterweed refers to: حشيشة الماء , a certain type of weed:
Waterweed has slender stems up to 3 meters long with three leaves in clusters around the stems. Leaves are bunched toward the ends of the stems where new growth occurs; older leaves usually decay and break off the lower stems. Waterweed may rapidly colonize an area and then decline in abundance within 5 to 7 years.
http://www.mlswa.org/underwaterplantguide/waterweed.htm
http://www.babylon.com/definition/waterweed/Arabic
http://www.verbace.com/arab_dict/حشيشة الماء.htm
http://translation.babylon.com/English/to-Arabic/waterweed/
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Note added at 13 mins (2009-12-30 14:51:44 GMT)
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A waterweed is singular, so your translation is correct: حشيشة الماء
I would for this translation.
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Note added at 15 mins (2009-12-30 14:54:02 GMT)
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since a waterweed means: حشيشة الماء then this is the correct answer, because if you translate it as حشيشة مائية then this could mean ANY weed that grows in the water.
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Note added at 22 mins (2009-12-30 15:00:35 GMT)
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cause there several types of weeds that grow in waters, such as:
حشيشة الخنازير المائية
http://www.ibnsina-natural.com/ashaab/aashab2.html
but the word waterweed refers to: حشيشة الماء , a certain type of weed:
Waterweed has slender stems up to 3 meters long with three leaves in clusters around the stems. Leaves are bunched toward the ends of the stems where new growth occurs; older leaves usually decay and break off the lower stems. Waterweed may rapidly colonize an area and then decline in abundance within 5 to 7 years.
http://www.mlswa.org/underwaterplantguide/waterweed.htm
Note from asker:
| thanks for your input. I knew "waterweed"=حشيشة الماء in Arabic-English dictionaries. but my question is about " a waterweed". thanks again. |
| why not " حشيشة مائية ”？ |
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حشيشة مائية
وهي الحشيشة التي تعيش في الماء إما عائمة في الماء أو تقوم بتثبيت جذورها في قاع المياه أو علي حواف المجرى المائي مثل نبات البردي
Note from asker:
| thanks for your participation. Br. Mohamed. Please note that these two words: " waterweed" and "water weed", their meanings are different. Your suggestion is "water weed", not "waterweed" as sister Zeinab has already pointed out the meaning of "waterweed". Thanks again. |
Discussion
and your explanation in Arabic is very helpful.
Waterweed
هي نبات الأيلوديا
Elodea canadensis
الذي ينمو في القنوات المائية ويمكن وضعه في أحواض الأسماك لتزيينها وإمدادها بالأكسجين
http://www.mlswa.org/underwaterplantguide/waterweed.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potamogeton
thanks for your explanation. I got it.
حشيشة مائية = aquatic weed, water weed ( a space between water and weed)
حشيشة الماء = waterweed
http://www.google.jo/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:waterweed...
What I am trying to explain here is that a waterweed is a certain type of plant.
I saw a waterweed
رأيت حشيشة مائية
Do you think the sentence about " student" is correct, while the one about " waterweed" is wrong?