Arabic vocabulary
How to say “attention” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
فالقراء المجودة فيهم تنطع وتحرير زائد يؤدي إلى أن المجود القارىء يبقى مصروف الهمة إلى مراعاة الحروف،
For the exaggerated recitation among them involves excessive detail, leading the refined reciter to focus solely on the articulation of letters,
الهِمَّةِ — the attention. This noun, the energy or resolve, is the owner half of the pairing, genitive and definite, completing 'his energy turned'. The chain reads as whose resolve is devoted, with definiteness across the phrase.
From: When Recitation Breeds Pride →OpenArabic teaches words like هِمّة through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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