Arabic vocabulary
سَبَبُ is how you say “cause” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
وَكَانَ سَبَب ذَلِك الملعون الشَّيْطَان
And the cause of that was the accursed Satan.
سَبَبُ — the cause of. This is 'cause, reason' heading a possessive pairing with the demonstrative that follows, 'the cause of that'. It is the subject-complement of 'was', and as the owner-term it takes its definiteness from what it owns. It names what is being identified as the cause.
From: Adam's Warning →OpenArabic teaches words like سَبَبُ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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