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مَوْتٌ death in Arabic

مَوْتٌ is how you say “death” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فانطلق حتى إذا نصف الطريق أتاه الموت،

He set out until when he was halfway there, death came to him.

الْمَوْتُ death

This is the subject of 'came', landing after its verb in Arabic's verb-first order — 'death came to him'. Its nominative ending marks the doer. Death overtakes him before he can reach the righteous land.

From Righteous Company

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More example sentences

حتى يصير شيخًا مهينا، ثم يصير إلى الموت، فيصير جيفة منتنة

until he becomes a feeble old man, then he reaches death, becoming a decayed corpse.

الْمَوْتِ death

The noun governed by 'to', in that preposition's form, its 'the' marking death as the one known end. It is what he finally arrives at.

From A Path to Mercy

ثم ينسى ما بعد الموت من أهوال القبر وسؤال منكر ونكير،

Then forgets what comes after death: the horrors of the grave and the questioning by Munkar and Nakir,

الْمَوْتِ death

The noun completing 'after', naming death, its 'the' marking it as the one known event. It is the point the listed horrors come 'after'.

From A Path to Mercy

وحياتك قبل موتك

And your life before your death.

مَوْتِكَ your death

A noun 'death' with an attached 'your' fused on, completing the 'before' phrase: before your death. The possessor rides on the suffix; it names the final deadline.

From Seize the Days You Have

فَإِنْ بَاغَتْهُ الْمَوْتُ، يُرَى مُسْتَعِدًّا،

If death suddenly overtakes him, he will be found ready.

الْمَوْتُ death

The al- marks this as definite, 'death' as the known certainty, and it is the postponed subject of the condition-verb, so it takes the doer-style nominative ending. It names what does the overtaking inside the 'if' clause.

From Preparing for Death and Repentance

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