Arabic vocabulary
How to say “a ruling” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
فيه من حكم أو خبر أو أثبت ما نفاه أو نفي ما أثبته وهو عالم بذلك أو يشك في شئ من ذلك
It contains a ruling or a report, or he affirmed what he had denied, or denied what he had affirmed; he is aware of that, or doubts something of it.
حُكْمٍ — a ruling. An indefinite noun 'a ruling' in the (genitive) ending after the partitive 'of', naming one type of content. The lack of al- keeps it general, 'some ruling or other'. It heads a short either/or list of what the text contains.
From: Honoring the Quran →OpenArabic teaches words like حُكْمٍ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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