Arabic vocabulary
How to say “core” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
حتى لو أن أحدكم دخل في كبد جبل، لدخلته عليه حتى تقبضه،
Even if one of you were to enter the core of a mountain, it would enter upon him to take his soul.
كَبِدِ — the core of. Genitive after 'into', this means 'the core / innermost part of' (literally 'the liver of') and heads a possessive — 'the core OF a mountain'. So the most hidden refuge imaginable. It owns the noun to come.
From: The Return of Jesus →فَزِيَادَةُ كَبِدِ حُوتٍ
And an extra portion of a whale's liver.
كَبِدِ — liver of. A noun 'liver' that is the owned-half under 'portion' and the head of a further pairing with 'a whale'. It chains two ownerships, drawing definiteness downward from the whale while itself being possessed by the portion.
From: What Was Created First →OpenArabic teaches words like كَبِد through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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