Arabic vocabulary
سَيِّئbad in Arabic
سَيِّئ is how you say “bad” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
ويحك ما أطول أملك وأسوأ عملك
Woe to you! How long are your hopes, and how bad are your deeds!
وَأَسْوَأَ — and how bad. This fronts wa- 'and' onto a second elative-shaped word 'how bad', parallel to 'how long' before. The wa- coordinates the two wonder-clauses, building 'how long your hope AND how bad your deed'. It mirrors the first exclamation in form for rhetorical balance.
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