Arabic vocabulary
وَبَالburden in Arabic
وَبَال is how you say “burden” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
بل هو وبال على صاحبه وخزي وحسرة وندامة
Rather, it is a burden on the owner and a disgrace, regret, and remorse.
وَبَالٌ — a burden. The predicate noun telling what 'it' is: a burden. Its bare indefinite ending marks it as 'a burden', and being the predicate in a verbless sentence it simply equates the subject with this state.
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