Arabic vocabulary
أَقْرَبُcloser
How to say “closer” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ هِيَ إِلَى السَّبْعِينَ أَقْرَبُ مِنْهَا إِلَى السَّبْعِ
Ibn Abbas said: They are closer to seventy than to seven.
أَقْرَبُ — closer. A comparative adjective, 'closer/nearer', the predicate of the comparison. Arabic forms the comparative as a single fixed shape that does not change for 'more', here weighing seventy against seven.
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