Arabic vocabulary
سَيِّئًا is how you say “bad one” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
وَهَذِهِ حَالُ أَكْثَرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الَّذِينَ خَلَطُوا عَمَلًا صَالِحًا وَآخَرَ سَيِّئًا
And this is the condition of most believers, who mix a good deed with a bad one.
سَيِّئًا — bad one. An adjective in the accusative agreeing with the implied 'another deed', describing it as bad. Its accusative ending matches the object it modifies, completing the 'good one with a bad one' pairing.
From: Staying Firm in Faith →OpenArabic teaches words like سَيِّئًا through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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