Arabic vocabulary
How to say “chief” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
عَلَى أَبِي الْحَكَمِ سَيِّدِ أَهْلِ الْوَادِيِ
By Abu al-Hakam, the chief of the people of the valley.
سَيِّدِ — chief of. A title-noun 'chief/master' heading another 'of' pairing; it stands in apposition to the name before it, restating who that person is. It owns the next word as 'chief of...'.
From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →OpenArabic teaches words like سَيِّدِ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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