Arabic vocabulary
How to say “changed” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
تبدلت أوراقه عن الورق غربان البين فقامت تندب الآثار
Its leaves were replaced by the ravens of parting, and they stood lamenting the traces,
تَبَدَّلَتْ — it changed. A past-tense verb on a reflexive pattern meaning 'were exchanged / turned into', with a feminine subject that follows. The reflexive shape conveys the change happening to the thing itself, and the verb stands before its subject in normal Arabic order.
From: Preferring the Hereafter →OpenArabic teaches words like تَبَدَّلَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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