Arabic vocabulary
قَرِيبclose in Arabic
قَرِيب is how you say “close” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
أمّا صلاةُ الجنازةِ فحكمُها في الجمعِ أقربُ إلى النوافلِ،
As for the funeral prayer, its ruling regarding combining is closer to optional prayers.
أَقْرَبُ — closer. An elative — the 'more / -er' shape — 'closer,' the predicate of 'its ruling.' It compares the funeral prayer's status to the optional prayers' (via 'to' next): nearer to them than to the obligatory.
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