Arabic vocabulary

أَكَلَاتbites in Arabic

أَكَلَات is how you say “bites” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.

Example sentences

يحسب ابن آدم أكلات يقمن صلبه،
A human needs only a few bites that sustain his spine.
أَكَلَاتٍ — a few bites. This is a plural noun 'mouthfuls', the thing said to be enough, left indefinite so it means just a few. Its plural form is a special 'small number' shape that already suggests a modest count.
From: The One-Third Rule →
وأكلات جمع أكلة، وهي اللقمة،
'Bites' is the plural of 'bite', which is a morsel.
وَأَكَلَاتٍ — and bites. The 'wa-' opens an explaining sentence, and the noun is the definite subject 'the mouthfuls', the word being defined, carrying the subject ending. It heads a verbless 'X is the plural of Y' statement.
From: The One-Third Rule →

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