سهل
“سهل” (сахль) — a plain in Arabic. Noun, level B1. One word for "plain" and "easy", like English "simple": sahl is both level ground and what comes without effort. The context tells: by mountains a landscape, by a lesson difficulty. In a live sentence: “خلف الجبل سهل كبير وسطه نهر” — Behind the mountain is a big plain, with a river in the middle of it. Written with the characters س, ه, ل. A word from the everyday Arabic course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Arabic | سهل |
| Read in Latin letters | сахль |
| Translation | a plain |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
One word for "plain" and "easy", like English "simple": sahl is both level ground and what comes without effort. The context tells: by mountains a landscape, by a lesson difficulty
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- خلف الجبل سهل كبير وسطه نهرхальф аль-джабаль сахль кябир васатуху нахрBehind the mountain is a big plain, with a river in the middle of it
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “a plain” in Arabic?
«سهل», read “сахль”. In a live sentence: “خلف الجبل سهل كبير وسطه نهر” — Behind the mountain is a big plain, with a river in the middle of it. Noun, level B1; written with the characters س, ه, ل.
How is “سهل” written in Latin letters?
сахль. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
One word for "plain" and "easy", like English "simple": sahl is both level ground and what comes without effort. The context tells: by mountains a landscape, by a lesson difficulty. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.