Arabic vocabulary
How to say “clear” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
ميزانُه واضح معنى مُحْكَم وجملةٌ تامّة تشُدُّ القلبَ والعملَ معًا
Its scale is clear: a firm meaning and a complete sentence that ties the heart and the actions together.
وَاضِحٌ — is clear. 'clear', nominative indefinite — the predicate, 'its measure is clear'. The bare adjective completes a verbless 'X is Y' with no 'is'.
From: Remembrance That Reshapes the Heart →تخيّل ميزانًا واضح اللسان والكفتين؛ لا يظلم مثقال ذرّة
Imagine a balance with a clear tongue and two pans; it does not wrong the weight of an atom.
وَاضِحَ — clear. 'clear of', accusative, describing the balance and head of an 'of' pairing with 'tongue' — 'clear-OF-tongue'. This is the 'false idafa': an adjective linked to a following noun to mean 'clear as to its pointer'.
From: Small Deeds, Great Reward →OpenArabic teaches words like وَاضِح through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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