Arabic vocabulary
How to say “a drink” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
كُنْتُ أَحَقُّ أَنَا أَنْ أُصِيبَ مِنْ هَذَا اللَّبَنِ شَرْبَةً أَتَقَوَّى بِهَا،
I was more entitled to take a drink of this milk to strengthen myself.
شَرْبَةً — a drink. An indefinite noun 'a drink/draught', in the object form as the thing obtained; its indefiniteness marks 'a (single) drink'. It is the direct object of the subjunctive 'obtain'. The object-form ending shows it receives the action.
From: Generosity to the Poor →OpenArabic teaches words like شَرْبَةً through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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