Arabic vocabulary
How to say “Arabic” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
٣ ومنهم من يفسر ألفاظه العربية من غير وقوف على معانيها عند أهلها وهي مما لا يؤخذ إلا بالسماع من أهل العربية وأهل التفسير
3 - And among them are those who interpret Arabic words without knowing their meanings as understood by the experts, meanings which can only be learned by listening to Arabic scholars and interpreters.
الْعَرَبِيَّةَ — Arabic. An adjective, 'the Arabic [words],' matching its noun in the -a form and in being definite. The '-iyya' ending means 'pertaining to'; it pins the words down as Arabic vocabulary — precisely what one must know the language to explain.
From: How Scholars Read Scripture →٣ ومنهم من يفسر ألفاظه العربية من غير وقوف على معانيها عند أهلها وهي مما لا يؤخذ إلا بالسماع من أهل العربية وأهل التفسير
3 - And among them are those who interpret Arabic words without knowing their meanings as understood by the experts, meanings which can only be learned by listening to Arabic scholars and interpreters.
الْعَرَبِيَّةِ — Arabic. 'the Arabic [tongue],' owned in 'the masters of Arabic,' in the -i form. The first of two named sources: the language experts, who know what the words truly mean.
From: How Scholars Read Scripture →وأصلي على رسوله الأمي العربي،
And I send blessings upon His messenger, the unlettered Arab.
ٱلْعَرَبِيِّ — the Arab. The al- makes this definite, 'the Arab', a second adjective stacked onto 'His messenger'. It agrees with the noun it describes in definiteness and case, carrying the same -i ending as the noun and the adjective before it.
From: The Story of Prophet Joseph →OpenArabic teaches words like عَرَبِيّ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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