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thorn

/θɔːn/ /θɔɹn/

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noun

شوك

A sharp protective spine of a plant.

Examples :

"The rose bush has a thorn on its stem, so be careful when you pick the flowers. "

لشجيرة الورد شوكة على ساقها، لذا كن حذرًا عند قطف الأزهار.

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noun

شوك

Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.

Examples :

"the cockspur thorn"

شوك الديك

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noun

شوك، إزعاج، مشكلة

That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.

Examples :

"The constant arguing between siblings was a thorn in their mother's side. "

كان الجدال المستمر بين الأشقاء شوكة في جنب أمهم.

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noun

حرف Þ, þ

A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives).

Examples :

"The student struggled to decipher the Old English text, noticing the unfamiliar thorn letter. "

كافح الطالب لفك رموز النص الإنجليزي القديم، ولاحظ حرف Þ غير المألوف.

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verb

وخز، طعن

To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn

Examples :

"The sharp twig thorned my finger, making it bleed. "

وخز الغصن الحاد إصبعي، مما جعله ينزف.

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