Arabic vocabulary
صَدَقَةcharity
How to say “charity” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وَإِذَا هَمَمْتَ بِصَدَقَةٍ فَبَادِرْ إِلَيْهَا
And if you intend to give charity, hasten to do it.
بِصَدَقَةٍ — with charity. The preposition bi- 'with/toward' fused to the noun 'charity', the thing intended. The verb of intending governs its goal through this bi-, so the preposition links 'intend' to its object. The noun is left indefinite and carries the genitive after bi-.
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