This is the 3658th most frequent Arabic word.
الأرضية
"The floor" or "ground."
In this sentence, the word 'الأرضية' refers to the ground surface or the floor in a literal and physical sense.
هذه الأرضية تحتاج إلى تنظيف.
This floor needs cleaning.
Here, the word 'الأرضية' is used metaphorically to mean the foundational concepts or bases of a subject or research.
أشارت الأرضية إلى المفاهيم والمبادئ العامة للبحث.
The groundwork referred to the general concepts and principles of the study.
In this context, 'الأرضية' again refers to the literal physical floor, specifying its material as wood.