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talk about "wife"
what are the differences and how to use them? ( which one is most common use ?)
زوجة
الزوجة
حرم
قرينة
عقيلة
May 26, 2011 7:12 AM
Answers · 5
The most used at all is زوجة zawja (wife)
and الزوجة = the wife ( Al ال the + zawja زوجة wife )
example : hatihi zawjati ( this is my wife )
but حرم ، قرينة ، عقيلة are not often used
حرم = use it specially to describe something official like documents
example : حرم عبد الله ( spouse of Abdullah )
قرينة (qarina) = it means a duplicate , so a duplicate for the man is his wife
عقيلة (aakila) = use it in official statements like : الرئيس و عقيلته (the president and his wife)
but almost , zawja is the most used
in dialectal some countries use the word امرأتي (mraati) that means literally (my woman ) but means dialectically ( my wife )
hope it helps :D
May 26, 2011
زوجة
الزوجة
Wife, the wife
حرم
the wife of
When you use this word you have to mention the name of the husband after it .
قرينة
This one means wife as well,it is almost a synonym with زوجة .The word could be equivalent to 'my other half' in English.
May 26, 2011
زوجة: Neutral word stem. Most common in use. Not related in subject or meaning in the sentence, e.g: a wife .
الزوجة: Prefixe+Neutral word stem. Most common in use. Related in subject or meaning in the sentence, e.g: the wife.
حرم: less used in common language, but more in official documents.
قرينة: rarely used.
عقيلة: official documents and to describe highly ranked personalities' wives
May 26, 2011
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