Arabic vocabulary
طَمِعَcovet
How to say “covet” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
إِنَّ النَّفْسَ إِذَا أُطْمِعَتْ طَمِعَتْ
Indeed, when the soul is given hope of something, it becomes greedy.
طَمِعَتْ — it covets. Past-tense verb 'tami'at' = 'it became greedy'; '-at' marks feminine 'it'.
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