Arabic vocabulary
كَلاَمٌan exchange of words in Arabic
كَلاَمٌ is how you say “an exchange of words” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَكَانَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ إِمْرَأَتِي كَلاَمٌ
There was an exchange of words between me and my wife.
كَلاَمٌ — an exchange of words. An indefinite noun 'speech/words' that is the delayed doer of 'there was'; its plain subject ending and lack of 'al-' mark it as 'some exchange of words' that came into being. It is what the 'to be' verb asserts existed.
From: Umar and the Prophet's Wives →
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