Arabic vocabulary
How to say “accursed” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
وَكَانَ سَبَب ذَلِك الملعون الشَّيْطَان
And the cause of that was the accursed Satan.
المَلْعُونُ — the accursed. This is 'the accursed', definite with 'al-', an adjective describing Satan. It precedes the name here, and being definite it agrees with the definite noun it qualifies. It paints the figure being named as cursed before naming him.
From: Adam's Warning →OpenArabic teaches words like مَلْعُونِ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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