Arabic vocabulary
قَرِيبclose
How to say “close” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
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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