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Word of the Day: water [2026-07-07]

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Indo-European Italic Latina aqua, -ae (f.)
Português água (f.)
Español/Castellano agua (f.)
Català aigua (f.)
Français eau (f.)
Italiano acqua (f.)
Română apă (f.)
Celtic Gaeilge uisce (m.)
Cymraeg dŵr (m.)
Germanic Ænglisċ wæter (n.), g.s. wæt(e)res, d.s. wæt(e)re; n.pl. wæt(e)ru, g. pl. wæt(e)ra, d. pl. wæt(e)rum
English water
Deutsch Wasser (n.); pl. Wasser / Wässer
Nederlands water (n.); plural waters / wateren
Svenska vatten (n.); pl. vatten
Íslensk vatn (n.); d.s. vatni, g.s. vatns; n.pl. vötn, d.pl. vötnum, g.pl. vatna
Hellenic Ἑλληνική ὕδωρ, ὕδατος (n.),
Ελληνικά νερό (n.), g.s. νερού; n.pl. νερά, g.pl. νερών
Indo-Iranian فارسی آب [ʔɒːb̥]
संस्कृतम् अप् (f.), ज॒ल (n.) , पानीय (n.)
हिन्दी/اردو पानी (m.), जल (m.), पाणी (m.)
Slavic Русский вода [vɐˈda] (f.)
Čeština voda (f.)
Polski woda (f.)
Other Shqip ujë (m.)
Հայերեն ջուր
Afro-Asiatic Semitic 𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑 𒀀, 𒈬𒌑, 𒈬𒌓, 𒀀𒎌, 𒀀𒄭𒀀 (mû) (m pl)
العربية مَاء (māʔ) (m.)
አማርኛ ውሃ (wəha)
Chadic Harshen Hausa ruwā (m.)
Egyptian 𓂋𓏺𓈖𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖 𓈗 (mw) (m.)
ⲧⲙⲛ̄ⲧⲣⲙ̄ⲛ̄ⲕⲏⲙⲉ ⲙⲟⲟⲩ (moou) (m.); pol. ⲙⲟⲩⲉⲓⲏ (moueiē)
Cushitic 𐒖𐒍 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘 biyó (m. pl.)
Niger-Congo Yoruboid Èdè Yorùbá omi
Bantu Kiswahili maji (pl., cl. VI)
isiZulu amanzi (pl., cl. 6)
Finno-Ugric Finnic Suomi vesi
Ugric Magyar víz
Dravidian తెలుగు నీరు (nīru), జలము (jalamu)
Sino-Tibetan Sinitic 中文 水 (shuǐ)
Tibeto-Burman ལྷ་སའི་སྐད་ ཆུ (chu)
Austroasiatic Tiếng Việt nước
Kra–Dai ภาษาไทย น้ำ (náam)
Austronesian Malayic Bahasa Indonesia air
Polynesian ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi wai
Barito Malagasy rano, ranu
Siouan Lakȟótiyapi mní
Uto-Aztecan Nāhuatlāhtōlli ātl (inan,)
Eskimo–Aleut ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐃᒪᖅ (imaq)
Tupian Abanheenga ‘y
Japonic 日本語 水 (mìzú)
Koreanic 한국어 물 (mul)
Mongolic ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ ус, ᠤᠰᠤ /us/
Mayan Qʼeqchiʼ ha’
Kartvelian ქართული წყალი (c̣q̇ali)
Turkic Türkçe su
Other Asia 𒅴𒂠 𒀀 (a)
Americas Runasimi yaku, unu
Libras
Europe Euskara ur
Artificial  
Esperanto akvo
 
संस्कृतम्

संस्कृतम् – 2021-01-13

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Words meaning “water” in Sanskrit:

    1. अप्  /áp/ f. pl.
      • water (also personified as a deity)
      • (astronomy) the star Virginis in the Virgo constellation
    2. जल  /jalá/ n.
      • water
    3. पानीय  /pānīya/ n.
      • water
      • drink, beverage

Examples:

  • गजा जलं पिबन्ति। “Elephants drink water.”
  • जलमश्वान्नरो नयति। ‘The man takes the horses to the water.”

 

Inflection:

Plural
Nom./Accus./Voc. आपः /āpaḥ/
Instr. अद्भिः /adbhiḥ/
Dat./Abl. अद्भ्यः /adbhyaḥ/
Gen. अपाम् /apām/
Loc. अप्सु /apsu/

 

Singular Plural
Nom./Accus. जलम् /jalám/ जलानि /jalā́ni/
Voc. जल /jála/
Instr. जलेन /jaléna/ जलैः /jalaíḥ/
Dat. जलाय /jalā́ya/ जलेभ्यः /jalébhyaḥ/
Abl. जलात् /jalā́t/
Gen. जलस्य /jalásya/ जलानाम् /jalā́nām/
Loc. जले /jalé/ जलेषु /jaléṣu/

 

Singular Plural
Nom./Accus. पानीयम् /pānīyam/ पानीयानि /pānīyāni/
Voc. पानीय /pānīya/
Instr. पानीयेन /pānīyena/ पानीयैः /pānīyaiḥ/
Dat. पानीयाय /pānīyāya/ पानीयेभ्यः /pānīyebhyaḥ/
Abl. पानीयात् /pānīyāt/
Gen. पानीयस्य /pānīyasya/ पानीयानाम् /pānīyānām/
Loc. पानीये /pānīye/ पानीयेषु /pānīyeṣu/
Nederlands

Nederlands – 2016-07-29

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Translate to Nederlands:

1. The horses drink water.

Correct answer:
De paarde drinken water.
2. Are they newspapers?

Correct answer:
Zijn het kranten?
3. I read books.

Correct answer:
Ik lees boeken.
4. Ducks drink water.

Correct answer:
Eenden drinken water.
5. We are turtles.

Correct answer:
Wij zijn schildpadden.
6. They read the newspapers.

Correct answer:
Zij lezen de kranten.
7. The dogs eat bread.

Correct answer:
De honden eten brood.

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