Arabic vocabulary
How to say “dark” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
ثم صار مظلما مكسوفا،
Then he became darkened and eclipsed.
مُظْلِمًا — darkened. This noun-adjective, darkened, is the accusative predicate of 'became', in the indefinite accusative as that verb requires. It names the new state he turned into, the opposite of his former radiance.
From: Unity Over Partisanship →ومن كان عاصيًا، خرج من قبره حزينًا كاسفًا، ووجهه أسود مظلم
And whoever was disobedient, he will emerge from his grave sorrowful and gloomy, with a dark, blackened face.
مُظْلِمٌ — dark. A second adjective describing the face, 'dark', matching 'face' in being indefinite and in the subject case. Arabic adjectives follow their noun and copy its case, definiteness, and gender.
From: Celebration and the Final Hour →OpenArabic teaches words like مُظْلِم through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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