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ray in Arabic

شُعَاع šuʕāʕ

/ɹeɪ/UK/ɹeɪ/

ray in Arabic: شُعَاع (šuʕāʕ), شِفْنِين (šifnīn), شِفْنِين بَحْرِيّ (šifnīn baḥriyy). In English, ray means a beam of light or radiation.

Arabic words for ray

beam of light or radiation
شُعَاع šuʕāʕ
marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail
شِفْنِين šifnīn, شِفْنِين بَحْرِيّ šifnīn baḥriyy

English meaning of ray

  1. noun A beam of light or radiation.
  2. noun A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.
  3. noun One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
  4. noun A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, such as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius.

Full definition of ray

ray in a sentence

  • I saw a ray of light through the clouds.

Synonyms of ray

ray in other languages

Questions about ray in Arabic

What is the meaning of ray in Arabic?
Ray in Arabic is شُعَاع (šuʕāʕ), شِفْنِين (šifnīn), شِفْنِين بَحْرِيّ (šifnīn baḥriyy).
ما معنى كلمة ray؟
Ray: شُعَاع (šuʕāʕ), شِفْنِين (šifnīn), شِفْنِين بَحْرِيّ (šifnīn baḥriyy).
What does ray mean in English?
Ray means a beam of light or radiation.

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