Arabic vocabulary
اِحْتَالُواbe cunning
How to say “be cunning” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ اِحْتَالُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ
Abdullah said, "Be cunning for yourselves."
اِحْتَالُوا — be cunning. A command form aimed at a group, 'you all do this', with the plural addressees built into the verb's shape. As an order it drops to the bare jussive ending, the clipped form Arabic uses for direct commands.
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