Arabic

Noun

شَجَرَة • ‎(šajara) f ‎(singulative, collective شَجَر ‎(šajar), dual شَجَرَتَان ‎(šajaratān), paucal شَجَرَات ‎(šajarāt), plural أَشْجَار ‎(ʾašjār))

1. tree

   أَوَّلُ الشَّجَرَةِ بَذْرَةٌ.‎

   ʾawwalu š-šajarati baḏratun.

   The tree begins with a seed.

2. shrub, bush

Declension

Derived terms

• شَجَر ‎(šajar, “trees (in general) (plural in meaning, but grammatically singular)”)
• شَجَرَة ‎(šajara, “a tree”)
• شَجَرَتَان ‎(šajaratān, “two trees”)
• شَجَرَات ‎(šajarāt, “‎3 to 10 trees, some trees, a few trees”)
• أَشْجَار ‎(ʾašjār, “(kinds of) trees”)
• شَجَرَة نَسَب ‎(šajarat nasab, “genealogical tree”)