Arabic vocabulary
سَوَادdarkness in Arabic
سَوَاد is how you say “darkness” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
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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