Arabic vocabulary
اشْتَبَهَconfuse in Arabic
اشْتَبَهَ is how you say “confuse” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وكلما اشتغل بالشهوات، كدر قلبه، واشتبه عليه الأمر
But the more he engages in desires, the murkier his heart becomes, and things become confused for him.
وَاشْتَبَهَ — and confused becomes. The connector 'and' fused to a past-tense verb, 'becomes confused', adding a second bad consequence. Its subject slot is filled later in the clause by the noun for 'the matter'.
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