Arabic vocabulary

مَتْنٌbody in Arabic

مَتْنٌ is how you say “body” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

يَكُونُ ثُبُوتُ قَدَمِهِ عَلَى الْصِّرَاطِ الْمَنْصُوبِ عَلَى مَتْنِ جَهَنَّمِ،
His footing will be firm on the bridge erected over the body of Hell.
مَتْنِ — the body. The first half of an 'of' pairing ('body of'), owned by 'Hell' next, with the two set directly together. As the owned term it carries no 'the' of its own and takes definiteness from the owner. Its genitive ending comes from the preposition before it.
From: The Bridge to Paradise →

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