Arabic vocabulary
تَصَنُّع is how you say “affectation” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
بعيدا من التصنع، لا يظهر التقشف، وإن كان باديا عليه،
Away from affectation, not displaying austerity, although it was evident on him,
التَّصَنُّعِ — affectation. This noun is what he kept away from, held in the governed form by 'from'. The 'the' makes it the general, defined notion of affectation.
From: The Grandson's Noble Grief →OpenArabic teaches words like تَصَنُّع through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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