Arabic vocabulary
How to say “avoid” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
العاقل يرى بنور فكره عواقب الأمور قبل وقوعها، فيتجنب ما يخاف سوء عاقبته، ويسارع إلى ما يرجو حسن عاقبته
"The wise person sees, with the light of his thought, the consequences of matters before they occur. He avoids what he fears will have a bad outcome, and hastens toward what he hopes will have a good outcome."
فَيَتَجَنَّبُ — so he avoids. The fa- attaches this as the natural next step, and the verb means 'he avoids', with 'he' built in. The prefix carries the result-flow of the description; the doer is inside the verb form.
From: Think Before You Act →OpenArabic teaches words like يَتَجَنَّب through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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