Arabic vocabulary
أَقْرَبُcloser in Arabic
أَقْرَبُ is how you say “closer” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
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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