Arabic vocabulary
How to say “a monk” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
فَدُلَّ عَلَى رَاهِبٍ،
So he was directed to a monk.
رَاهِبٍ — a monk. This is an indefinite noun in the 'of...' (genitive) shape demanded by the preposition 'ala' before it. Its indefinite ending introduces the figure as someone new and unspecified, 'a (certain) monk', appearing in the story for the first time as where the man is directed.
From: The Joy of Repentance →OpenArabic teaches words like رَاهِبٍ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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