Arabic vocabulary
الْوَلِيدِ is how you say “al-Walid” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ مِنْ أَعْلَى مَكَّةِ مِنْ كَدَاءٍ،
Khalid ibn al-Walid was to enter from the highest part of Mecca, from Kuda.
الْوَلِيدِ — al-Walid. The father's name closing 'son of al-Walid', carrying the article 'the' as part of its spelling and standing in the genitive as the owned half of the name. Its case comes from the name structure itself.
From: Conquest of Mecca Account →OpenArabic teaches words like الْوَلِيدِ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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