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azotea

flat roof of a building that you can walk on; roof terracecubierta llana de un edificio por la que se puede andar

Comes from Arabic

السُّطَيْحَة

as-suṭayḥa

“the little terrace (diminutive of saṭḥ)”«la pequeña terraza (diminutivo de saṭḥ)»

Arabic today says

سَطْح

saṭḥ

Root

س ط ح

s-ṭ-ḥ

The article

Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.

The story

It comes from the Andalusi diminutive as-suṭáyḥa, "the little terrace"; Arabic today uses the plain form saṭḥ, from the same root.Viene del diminutivo andalusí as-suṭáyḥa, «la terracita»; hoy el árabe usa la forma simple saṭḥ, de la misma raíz.

In a sentence

En verano cenamos en la azotea.

In summer we have dinner on the roof terrace.

فِي الصَّيْفِ نَتَعَشَّى عَلَى السَّطْح.

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