Arabic vocabulary
ادَّعَى is how you say “claim” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
وَلَا يَنْتَقِصُ هَذَا بِمَنْ ادَّعَى النُّبُوَّةَ مِنَ الْكَذَّابِينَ، فَإِنَّ حَالَهُمْ كَانَتْ ضِدَّ حَالِ الرَّسُولِ مِنْ كُلِّ وَجْهٍ
Nor is this negated by those who falsely claimed prophethood, for their condition was the exact opposite of the Messenger's in every way.
ادَّعَى — claimed. This is a past-tense verb in the pattern meaning to claim falsely, 'he claimed', with its 'he' subject built in. It heads the relative clause; the form carries the sense of asserting something for oneself without right.
From: Signs of the Messenger in Medina →OpenArabic teaches words like ادَّعَى through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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