Arabic vocabulary
جَوَابٍa reply
How to say “a reply” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فَأَجَابَتْنِي بِجَوَابٍ فِيهِ جَفَاءٌ،
She answered me with a curt reply.
بِجَوَابٍ — with a reply. This is the preposition bi- ('with') plus a noun, here marking the instrument or manner of the answering: 'with a reply'. The noun is indefinite and in the genitive bi- requires. With this verb of answering, bi- is the natural way to introduce the kind of answer given, which the next words then characterize.
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