Arabic vocabulary
ذُلٍّabasement in Arabic
ذُلٍّ is how you say “abasement” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
مِنْ غَرَامٍ تَكْتَسِي فِيهِ ثَوْبَ ذُلٍّ وَشَيْنٍ
Infatuation can clothe a person in a garment of abasement and shame.
ذُلٍّ — abasement. An indefinite noun, no 'the', naming abasement, the owned half of 'a garment of abasement'. That owner role puts it in the 'of...' ending. So it specifies what the metaphorical garment is made of: lowliness and disgrace draped over the infatuated person.
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