Arabic vocabulary
غضب is how you say “anger” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
كَمَا أَنَّ الْغَضَبَ دَافِعٌ عَنْهُ مَا يُؤْذِي
Just as anger repels from him what harms.
الْغَضَبَ — anger. 'al-' = 'the'; the noun of 'anna' (accusative in form).
From: When Desire Exceeds Its Bounds →ولذة من خلقت فِيهِ قُوَّة الْغَضَب وَالثَّوَاب بِاسْتِعْمَال قوته الغضبية فِي متعلقها
And the joy of one created with the power of anger and retribution is in employing their furious strength on its objective.
الغَضَبِ — of anger. 'Anger / wrath', the owner completing 'the power of anger', genitive, definite. The faculty of indignation.
From: Directing Desire Toward God →فغضب جحا ورجع إلى العطار
Joha was angry and went back to the herbalist
فغضب — so was angry. The connector 'so' fused to a past-tense verb, 'grew angry', whose subject is named right after. It moves the story to Joha's reaction.
From: Reflections on Literal Obedience →OpenArabic teaches words like غضب through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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