Arabic vocabulary
سَوَادdarkness
How to say “darkness” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فتبدو سريرته على وجهه سوادا وظلمة وشينا
His inner state will appear on his face as blackness, darkness, and blemish.
سَوَادًا — as blackness. An indefinite noun in the object-style ending, naming the form the inner state takes: 'as blackness'. The accusative-style ending carries the English 'as', expressing the state in which it appears.
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