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بُكَاء cry in Arabic

بُكَاء is how you say “cry” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فَقَالَ لَهُ رجل إِنِّي أَكثر الْبكاء

A man said to him, 'I cry often.'

الْبُكَاءِ weeping

An action-noun, 'weeping', standing as the object of 'I do much of'. Built from the verb 'to weep', it names the activity done in abundance: 'I weep a great deal'.

From Contentment with What God Wills

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More example sentences

وكان الحسن دائم الحزن، كثير البكاء، مطالبا نفسه بالحقائق،

Al-Hasan was constantly sorrowful, often weeping, demanding truths of himself,

البُكَاءِ weeping

This owner noun closes the 'much-of-weeping' pairing, so it carries the governed ending and stays definite. The pairing yields the quality 'frequent in weeping'.

From The Grandson's Noble Grief

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